Timur Bekmambetov directs Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell and Morgan Freeman in this remake of the classic biblical era epic involving slavery, chariot races and the Christ. 

One of those movie experiences that does very little wrong but equally fails to excel in anyway. Two big screen action sequences are solid and the performers likeable and convincing even when having to rush through chapters worth of character arcs in a frustratedly truncated couple of short scenes. Huston only really shows his uniquely coiled star power (a la his Boardwalk Empire breakout part) when in the ship galley pulling oars to the beat of the drums, while Kebbell gives good villian when he’s not having to justify his nastiness nor muse on the error of his ways. The more expansive and unforced Chalton Heston version outshines this noble time passer in just about every aspect.

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