Ben-Hur (2016)

Directed by

Timur Bekmambetov

Genre

drama film, action film, adventure film, epic film, sword-and-sandal film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 1,800 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish prince is wrongly accused by his Roman stepbrother and sent into slavery. He escapes and sets out to get revenge.

epicdramaticintenseaction-packedemotionalrevenge-drivenfast-pacedvisceral

What happens

Ben-Hur is a 2016 epic historical drama film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, and written by Keith Clarke and John Ridley. It is the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace and the third version produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It has been termed a "re-adaptation", "reimagining", and "new interpretation" of the novel, and follows Judah Ben-Hur, a young prince who is falsely accused by his step-brother, an officer of the Roman army, and is sent to slavery, only to escape and seek vengeance. The film stars Jack Huston as the titular character, alongside Toby Kebbell, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, and Morgan Freeman. It was filmed in Matera, Italy, from February to June 2015. Ben-Hur premiered on August 9, 2016, in Mexico City and was theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on August 19, 2016, in the United States. It received generally negative reviews and was a box office failure, grossing $94 million worldwide against its $100 million production budget plus a large amount spent on marketing and distribution. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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