Audience members were saying, "This wasn't as bad as I thought…" a tough lesson for a film with a budget of $100m.
It seems like The Life Of Brian without the jokes.
This dull, clunking return to one of cinema’s great warhorses lacks all the subtlety, passion and grandeur of its more illustrious predecessors.
The chariot race is still a rousing highlight but this plodding, workmanlike version of the story often leaves you wondering why they bothered.
Charlton Heston would be turning in his grave at this crude, cynical update of the biblical epic.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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