Immortals (2011)

Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

Director:

Tarsem Singh (as Tarsem Singh Dhandwar)

Writers:

Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides

Stars:

Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Henry Cavill	...	Theseus
Mickey Rourke	...	King Hyperion
Stephen Dorff	...	Stavros
Freida Pinto	...	Phaedra
Luke Evans	...	Zeus
John Hurt	...	Old Man
Joseph Morgan	...	Lysander
Anne Day-Jones	...	Aethra
Greg Bryk	...	The Monk
Alan Van Sprang	...	Dareios
Peter Stebbings	...	Helios
Daniel Sharman	...	Ares
Isabel Lucas	...	Athena
Kellan Lutz	...	Poseidon
Steve Byers	...	Heracles

Storyline

Eons after the Gods won their mythic struggle against the Titans, a new evil threatens the land. Mad with power, King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) has declared war against humanity. Amassing a bloodthirsty army of soldiers disfigured by his own hand, Hyperion has scorched Greece in search of the legendary Epirus Bow, a weapon of unimaginable power forged in the heavens by Ares. Only he who possesses this bow can unleash the Titans, who have been imprisoned deep within the walls of Mount Tartaros since the dawn of time and thirst for revenge. In the king's hands, the bow would rain destruction upon mankind and annihilate the Gods. But ancient law dictates the Gods must not intervene in man's conflict. They remain powerless to stop Hyperion...until a peasant named Theseus (Henry Cavill) comes forth as their only hope. Secretly chosen by Zeus, Theseus must save his people from Hyperion and his hordes. Rallying a band of fellow outsiders-including visionary priestess Phaedra (Freida Pinto) ...

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Plot Keywords:

king | bow | titan | zeus | army | 

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Taglines:

The Gods Need a Hero

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Germany]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Greek

Release Date:

11 November 2011 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Les immortels

Filming Locations:

Cité du Cinéma, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$75,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$32,206,425 (USA) (11 November 2011)

Gross:

$83,503,161 (USA) (17 February 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Relativity Media, Virgin Produced, Mark Canton Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although this film's plot has a recurring theme of faith in God(s) being preferable to having no faith, director Tarsem Singh is an atheist.

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Goofs

King Hyperion's men are incorrectly referred to as "Heraklions". The city of Heraklion was founded in AD 824, 2,000 years after the movie setting. Hyperion (analogous to the classical King Minos) and his men should instead be called "Minoans", which was the culture of the time for Crete, where they are suggested to come from. Similarly, the "Hellenics" should be referred to as "Helladics", for the same reasons; "Hellenic" refers to a much later period of Greek history (323-146 BC).

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Quotes

Zeus: It's not living as such that's important, Theseus. It's living rightly.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.31 (2011)

User Reviews

...and boring to boot

I wasn't expecting much. Really. I was prepared for the raping and gutting of the Greek mythology, and I got what I expected in spades. I was prepared for the total of lack of a consistent, comprehensible plot, and the movie didn't let me down. I was prepared for poor acting

• check! I was prepared for all kinds of anachronisms - they were all

there! The story of Hyperion trying to wreak his vengeance on the gods (thank you, IMDb reviewers, you helped me understand what the hell he was actually driving at with all this running around and butchery) and the story of Theseus achieving his hero's status are intertwined in a manner worthy of a five-year-old composing a story with nothing better to do; there are not many logical links between scenes and events and no smooth unfolding of a story in general. This is what makes it so excruciatingly boring. However, as I said, for all that I was prepared.

But I expected visuals, because I still remember the Cell, more than ten years since, and in that film, the visuals made up for the absence of a story, they were a story in themselves, and they evoked if not rational, then at least emotional response. In this film, I thought the visuals were boring, monotonous, and borderline ridiculous.

To top it off, the characters' sensibilities are thoroughly modern (Sybilla actually talks about changeable future! About free will! Ye gods!). Then suddenly, almost at the end of the film, Theseus says something that could only be said by an ancient. I will not say what it is for that would mean spoiling it for those who haven't yet wasted their time on this piece of boring entertainment, but this unexpected bit of authenticity doesn't even come near redeeming what has passed before.