He has a familial relationship with Ramses (Joel Edgerton), the next in line to lead. He grew up in the luxury of Seti’s (John Turturro) palace. He didn’t keep them safe from the plagues. So it’s no surprise the Hebrews are a little leery about following Moses. Malak responds by saying, in essence, “Watch this.” That’s when the plagues begin raining down on Egypt-frogs, flies, lice, boils, locust, disease and death-affecting both the captors and their slaves. Moses irreverently reminds Deity that the Hebrews have been enslaved for 400 years. After Moses and his insurgents burn a flotilla of Egyptian supply boats, Malak appears to the prophet and rails on him for taking so long to get the slaves out of town.
In Director Ridley Scott’s version, when God speaks to Moses it’s in the form of Malak (Isaac Andrews), a young boy who looks like he’s been in a scuffle. Even NRA-supporting Charlton Heston (who played Moses in the 1956 movie The Ten Commandments) isn’t as radical as this Moses (portrayed by Christian Bale) who initially attempts to free the slaves by arming a group of terrorist-like zealots and making furtive attacks on the Egyptians. Hollywood has taken another Biblical prophet and turned him into an action hero-the militant Moses.
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