History Film / GodsOfEgypt

* MagicalNegro: The most significant character played by a black actor is Thoth, who knows more than everyone else [[spoiler: and is killed off the second he's no longer useful]]. Somewhat subverted in that he is an InsufferableGenius rather than being CloserToEarth.

* GodOfTheDead: Anubis, natch, of the scary-looking and stickler-for-rules variety, but not at all without empathy and ''very'' protective of the dead and the afterlife in general[[spoiler:, to the point of interposing himself between Apophis and the dead when the Apophis attempts to devour the afterlife]].

* AppealToVanity: How Bek eventually gets Thoth to join the group.

* SexForServices: Hathor offers Thoth a night with her if he'll agree to help with the Sphinx. He seems tempted, but Horus shoots that idea down and Bek goes with the AppealToVanity instead.

* InsufferableGenius: Thoth knows practically everything, a fact that he will remind you of ''constantly''. [[spoiler: However, he does not know the answer to the riddle of the Sphinx.]]
* InsultBackfire: [[spoiler: Astarte, one of Set's hunters taunts Horus that it's "too bad you can no longer fly!". Horus overpowers her, binds her to the saddle of the giant cobra she's riding with its reins and retorts "Neither can you!" before jumping off, leaving her unable to redirect the creature before it slithers off a cliff with her attached]].

* LargeAndInCharge: Ra is father and king of the gods, and he grows large enough to tower over his already-towering children when drawing on his full power. In general, gods are least two to three times taller than humans and rule over them.

* MagicalNegro: The only black actor who has a significant role plays Thoth, who knows more than everyone else [[spoiler: and is killed off the second he's no longer useful]].

* PleaseIWillDoAnything: Set spares Horus' life at the beginning of the film after Hathor cries out. Thoth later outright tells Horus that her subsequent relationship with Set was the price she demanded for Horus' life.
* PowerGlows: Most prominently seen in Ra and his spear.

* RaceLift: None of the actor in the movie is actually egyptian. Butler, who plays Set, is Scottish. Coster-Waldau, who plays Horus, is Danish. The Australian Geoffrey Rush plays Ra. The French-Cambodian [[Film/GIJoeRetaliation Elodie Yung]] plays Hathor. Chadwick Boseman, who plays Thoth, is American. This isn't the first time (see [[Film/TheTenCommandments The Ten Commandaments]]) and can easily be explained by a general lack of egyptian movie stars in Hollywood. A lot of people complained that the cast should have been African-Americans only. That would have not been more accurate given that some Egyptians have really light skin, some have really dark skin, and a lot are in between.

* RaceLift: None of the actor in the movie is actually egyptian. Butler, who plays Set, is Scottish. Coster-Waldau, who plays Horus, is Danish. The Australian Geoffrey Rush plays Ra. The French-Cambodian [[Film/GIJoeRetaliation Elodie Yung]] plays Hathor. Chadwick Boseman, who plays Thoth, is American. This isn't the first time(see The Ten Commandments) and can easily be explained by a general lack of egyptian movie stars in Hollywood. A lot of people complained that the cast should have been African-Americans only. That would have not been more accurate given that some Egyptians have really light skin, some have really dark skin, and a lot are in between.

* RaceLift: A case of the majority of Egyptian main characters being played by white/Caucasian or otherwise non-Egyptian actors, including the Gods who are not human Egyptians anyway. Butler, who plays Set, is Scottish. Coster-Waldau, who plays Horus, is Danish. The Australian Geoffrey Rush plays Ra. The French-Cambodian [[Film/GIJoeRetaliation Elodie Yung]] plays Hathor. The African-American Creator/ChadwickBoseman, who plays Thoth, is probably the only major character who does not look out of place due to Ancient Egypt's ties with Nubia.

** [[spoiler:Bek and his wife are both dead near the end, but are brought back when Horus asks Ra to do the impossible]].

* {{Chickification}}: ALL of the goddesses shown are victims of this:
** Hathor was a goddess of love, but her fierce warrior aspect as Sekhmet was so powerful even Ra had little control over her, and she was strong enough to fight chaos demons. Here she is a damsel through and through.

* EgyptianMythology: The film is loosely based in a universe where Egyptian Mythology is true so things like Ra literally pulling the sun with his boat are facts.

* PleaseIWillDoAnything: Set spares Horus' life at the beginning of the film after Hathor cries out. Thoth later outright tells Horus that her subsequent relationship with Set was the price he demanded for Horus' life.

** Or that Horus would've to make the same sacrifice as Ra did.

''Gods of Egypt'' is a 2016 [[SwordAndSandal sword-and-sandal]] [[FantasyFilms fantasy]] film based on Myth/EgyptianMythology starring Creator/GerardButler, Creator/NikolajCosterWaldau, Creator/GeoffreyRush, Élodie Yung, Brenton Thwaites, Creator/ChadwickBoseman and Courtney Eaton. It is directed by Creator/AlexProyas and produced by Creator/{{Lionsgate}}.

* EyeScream: Set g<script id="gpt-impl-0.009884943363702047" src="https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/gpt/pubads_impl_121.js?v=124"></script>ouges out Horus' eyes.

* EyeScream: Set gouges out Horus' eyes.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Anubis is the scariest of all the gods and the only one who doesn't assume a human appearance at any point in the movie. He is also kind and professional in his job of escorting the souls of the dead to their final judgment.

* AdaptationalWimp: Thoth, the god of wisdom, is depicted as a vain KnowNothingKnowItAll, and [[spoiler: gets offed by Set.]] Also, ''all'' of the major goddesses suffer from this.

** Hathor was a goddess of love, but her fierce warrior aspect as Sekhmet was so powerful even Ra had little control over her, and she was strong enough to fight chaos demons, here she is a damsel Though and Through.