Didn't know how quite to take this - big, expensive, arty, smart, Biblical, hokey. Russell Crowe re-establishes himself as one of the major film stars of the modern era, regardless of how many flops he's been in. Emma Watson seems out of place as the ingenue, but less so than the male model playing Crowe's son; Ray Winstone does some typically solid villain work and Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Hopkins do their best in stock parts - "hang in there honey" and wise old sage respectively.
There's some impressive spectacle, a lot of bits seem silly and it's hard to get too invested in the story of a fanatic. But it's ambitious - it goes there, it tries to be different. Demands to be treated seriously and with respect and there's some effective moments, particularly the montages. I can't say I liked it though.
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