Immortals
Visionary director Tarsem Singh (The Cell) and the producers of 300 unleash an epic tale of a power-mad king who razes ancient Greece in search of a legendary weapon, while a heroic villager rises up against him.
Bloodthirsty King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) and his murderous Heraklion army are rampaging across Greece in search of the long lost Bow of Epirus - a weapon powerful enough to overthrow the Gods of Olympus. As village after village is obliterated, a stonemason named Theseus (Henry Cavill, soon to play the caped one in the rebooted Superman) vows to avenge the death of his mum who perished in one of Hyperion's raids. Phaedra (Freida Pinto) has visions of Theseus' future and becomes convinced that he is the key to stopping the destruction. With her help, Theseus assembles a small band of followers and takes on the King.
- Director:
- Tarsem Singh ('The Fall', 'The Cell')
- Writer:
- Charley ParlapanidesVlas Parlapanides
- Cast:
- Henry CavillFreida PintoMickey RourkeJohn HurtKellan LutzJoseph MorganIsabel LucasLuke EvansStephen Dorff
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressNavigating the film's mounting erotic bloodlust proves tedious, until the show-stopping final battle between gods and Titans in one chamber, Theseus and Hyperion in another, at which point logic melts away completely and the pic's raison d'etre emerges -- namely, to justify staging a fight scene for the ages.
Total Film
pressGood-looking to a fault, Immortals boasts moments of undeniable grandeur. Elsewhere, though, it is deathly dull.
The Guardian
pressIt's a murky, addled affair, the CGI effects are third-rate and the violence makes it unsuitable for young audiences.
Hollywood Reporter
pressImmortals is not only entirely without humor, but is dominated by a lot of huffing and puffing, thunderous self-importance and windy Socratic quotations about the immortality and divinity of men's souls. You just have to roll your eyes after a while.
Entertainment Weekly
pressWhat saves Immortals as a moviegoing experience is the exuberant, kid-in-a-candy-store virtuosity of its director.
I left this movie about three quarters of the way through. You know when it's crap when your mind wanders to other things and you lose focus on the actual movie. Very disappointed as I was expecting so much more. The fight scenes were good, but the acting - to be honest - was terrible. I wish I had gone to see Puss in Boots instead which was on around...
I may be harsh but to compare apples & oranges or in this case lemons this was not all that great. & then there's the Titans! The fight scenes are the only thing going for this movie, it falls short of could have been better to don't waste your money & wait for the DVD...
Well,where do I start with this movie?It is the making of movies at the highest level.It has over the top vision and style with massive scenes and sets.The trouble with the movie is the lack of story and and substance.It is also very disjointed as it moves from one scene to another.The gods were miscast and could have been corrected before the making of the...
Variety
pressNavigating the film's mounting erotic bloodlust proves tedious, until the show-stopping final battle between gods and Titans in one chamber, Theseus and Hyperion in another, at which point logic melts away completely and the pic's raison d'etre emerges -- namely, to justify staging a fight scene for the ages.
Total Film
pressGood-looking to a fault, Immortals boasts moments of undeniable grandeur. Elsewhere, though, it is deathly dull.
The Guardian
pressIt's a murky, addled affair, the CGI effects are third-rate and the violence makes it unsuitable for young audiences.
Hollywood Reporter
pressImmortals is not only entirely without humor, but is dominated by a lot of huffing and puffing, thunderous self-importance and windy Socratic quotations about the immortality and divinity of men's souls. You just have to roll your eyes after a while.
Entertainment Weekly
pressWhat saves Immortals as a moviegoing experience is the exuberant, kid-in-a-candy-store virtuosity of its director.
I left this movie about three quarters of the way through. You know when it's crap when your mind wanders to other things and you lose focus on the actual movie. Very disappointed as I was expecting so much more. The fight scenes were good, but the acting - to be honest - was terrible. I wish I had gone to see Puss in Boots instead which was on around...
I may be harsh but to compare apples & oranges or in this case lemons this was not all that great. & then there's the Titans! The fight scenes are the only thing going for this movie, it falls short of could have been better to don't waste your money & wait for the DVD...
Well,where do I start with this movie?It is the making of movies at the highest level.It has over the top vision and style with massive scenes and sets.The trouble with the movie is the lack of story and and substance.It is also very disjointed as it moves from one scene to another.The gods were miscast and could have been corrected before the making of...
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