it's a sly, knowing wink from a filmmaker who clearly has a terrific tale on his hands, yet faces a bit of a challenge in selling it to a more cynical, less easily razzle-dazzled audience than those that greeted the biblical epics of yesteryear
Exodus: Gods And Kings doesn't short change us as far as the crowd scenes, storms, battles, chases and recreation of ancient Egypt in all its pomp are concerned