Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists (2008)

Director:

Terry Ingram

Writers:

Brook Durham (screenplay)
Kevin Leeson (additional writing)

Release Date:

12 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Arnold Vosloo	...	Odysseus
Steve Bacic	...	Eurylochus
JR Bourne	...	Perimedes
Stefanie von Pfetten	...	Persephone
Randal Edwards	...	Homer
Leah Gibson	...	Penelope
Sonya Salomaa	...	Athena
Perry Long	...	Old Homer
Mike Antonakos	...	Christos

Also Known As:

Odysseus: Voyage to the Underworld (USA)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

UK | Romania | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Plinyminor

Entertainment Value and not much else

I really wanted to like this film. I truly did. The cast seemed excellent (although the inclusion of "Homer" should have told me all I needed to know about the script). Sadly, the best looking men on screen could not save this one.

The language is always a problem, and I realize that it is hard to decide between going for pure period speech or making it all modern. I prefer the former with some latitude for comprehensibility, but too many writers today don't even realize how people spoke in times past, so the occasional slip into a modern cliché is just glaring.

So as long as you don't pay any money for it and put your brain in neutral you'll get through it fine. Chant the mantra: entertainment value.