Release Date: August 10, 2016
Starring: Jack Huston as Judah Ben-Hur
Toby Kebbelll as Messala Severus
Rodrigo Santoro as Jesus
Morgan Freeman as Ilderim
Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov
Written by: Keith R. Clarke and John Ridley based off the novel by Lew Wallace
Judah Ben-Hur is a wealthy prince in Isreal. He is full of life and leaves his family very much. He has a very close friendship with his adopted brother Messala Severous. When Messala decides to go off to war and fight to change what his biological family did he comes back an officer and a her. He wants to escort a high ranking government official through his hometown where Judah is Prince, peacefully and he asks Judah for his help in a time of turmoil. When a rebel, that Judah has taken in because he was hurt, tried to kill the official Judah is accused of trying to murder him on accident. Messala ends up being on the one to officially sentence him to life as a slave. This starts Judah Ben-Hur on a journey of love, faith, fear, hate and forgiveness.
I had a little bit of apprehension when I heard that this film was coming out. I love the original one so much and it's very hard not to compare movies. I have to say that this was a good adaptation but it's was not nearly a grand as thee original. The original was good because it focused a lot more of Jesus's story and how faith played in the life of Ben-Hur as he was going through this life of pain and guilt. Yet, this story didn't really bring home the side of it much. It brought it home as the end but all of the miracles that happened at the end made it seem because he forgave someone that they came true but really they missed a lot of the story about his faith in Christ that provided the miracles.
Overall a good film but not nearly a good as the original.
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