Watch: Exodus: Gods and Kings imagines what it would be like if the plagues came to modern-day cities

Give the publicity team behind Exodus: Gods and Kings points for creativity. The latest batch of videos asks you to imagine what the plagues would look like in modern-day cities such as London, Moscow, San Francisco and “Suburbia” — which is an interesting way of getting us to imagine what it might be like to sympathize with the Egyptians. Check ’em out below the jump.

In London, the water turns to blood:

In Washington DC, the plague of frogs:

In Auckland, the plague of gnats:

In Venice, the plague of flies:

In Patagonia, the plague of diseased livestock:

In Chicago, the plague of boils:

In Moscow, the plague of hail:

In Sydney, the plague of locusts:

In San Francisco, the plague of darkness:

And, in “suburbia”, the death of the firstborn:

December 12 update: Now you can watch all ten plagues in a single video:

Check out earlier videos and my shot-by-shot trailer analyses here:

• The first trailer (July 8, 2014)
• The ‘The World’ featurette (September 3, 2014)
• The ‘Locations’ featurette (September 10, 2014)
• The ‘Costume Design’ featurette (September 17, 2014)
• The ‘Creating the Action’ featurette (September 24, 2014)
• The second trailer (October 1, 2014)
• Micro-interviews with Christian Bale and Ridley Scott (October 17, 2014)
• Interview with Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton (October 21, 2014)
• Interview with Ridley Scott (October 28, 2014)
• The ‘Something Is Coming’ and ‘Two Brothers’ TV spots (November 3, 2014)
• The 3D featurette (November 8, 2014)
• The ‘Out of My Control’, ‘Follow Me’ and ‘Remember This’ TV spots (November 10, 2014)
• The third trailer (November 10, 2014)
• The ‘Strength’ clip (November 11, 2014)
• The ‘Miriam’ clip (November 18, 2014)
• The ‘Ridley’s Epic World’ featurette (November 19, 2014)
• The ‘What Makes You Happy’ clip and the Relevant featurette (November 21, 2014)
• The Entertainment Tonight report (November 23, 2014)
• The ‘Moses’ Journey’ featurette (November 24, 2014)
• The ‘Ramses’ Journey’ featurette (November 25, 2014)
• The EPK (November 26, 2014)
• The ‘Ready Yourselves’ TV commercial (November 27, 2014)
• The ‘Plagues’ clip and the ‘Brothers vs. Brother’, ‘Gods and Kings Collide’, ‘Absolutely Epic Review’, ‘War’ and ‘Face Off’ TV spots (December 1, 2014)
• The ‘Don’t Go’ and ‘Stable’ clips (December 1, 2014)
• The ‘Egyptologists’ featurette and the Nightline report (December 2, 2014)
• The ‘This Way’ clip, the ‘Bold and Brilliant’, ‘Heaven and Earth’ and ‘You’re Not Convinced’ TV spots and the ‘Global Premiere Highlights’ video (December 5, 2014)
• The ‘Inspired’ and ‘Honor’ TV spots, the Latino Review featurette and a video-GIF (December 10, 2014)