Ben Hur did it so much better.

Rating: 5/10 (31 May 2017)

The positives: the film looks fantastic. The set and costume design is top notch and the cinematography is spectacular.
The negative (one big one): I've seen this story done already, much better, in Ben Hur. It's the same "You betrayed me and sent me into exile, but I'm back and ready to kill you," story, but in this version I didn't care about any of the characters. Maybe it's because I don't find Russell Crowe's acting style compelling or maybe the characters are genuinely underwritten, but I just didn't care about what happened. My advice is to just watch Ben Hur instead. At least you get a cool chariot race there.