Trailer: The BEN-HUR Remake Looks About How You'd Expect

When the first-look photos for the Ben-Hur remake came out yesterday, I talked about wanting to give this movie the benefit of the doubt. And while I'm aware that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover (or, in this case, a movie on its trailer), this first trailer isn't making it easy. It's not that it looks godawful, it just looks — like so many other remakes — unnecessary and boring. The chariot race in the 1959 film is one of the most legendary scenes ever put to film, and the idea that Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov would be the one to improve on it just doesn't seem like a great fit for me.

It also feels a lot like Exodus: Gods and Kings, another Biblical-era story that came out recently that plays on a lot of these same tropes. Check out the trailer below and make up your own minds, but at this point, I'm not interested in seeing this movie.

Ben-Hur arrives in theaters on August 12.

Watch the movie trailer for BEN-HUR! Coming to theatres August 12, 2016. BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army.

BEN-HUR is the epic story of Judah Ben-Hur (Jack Huston), a prince falsely accused of treason by his adopted brother Messala (Toby Kebbell), an officer in the Roman army.  Stripped of his title, separated from his family and the woman he loves (Nazanin Boniadi), Judah is forced into slavery.  After years at sea, Judah returns to his homeland to seek revenge, but finds redemption.  Based on Lew Wallace’s timeless novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.  Also starring Morgan Freeman and Rodrigo Santoro.
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