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 (as Charles 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 (as Anne Day Jones)
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 | army | slave | 

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Taglines:

The Gods Need a Hero

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sequences of strong bloody violence, and a scene of sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Germany]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Greek

Release Date:

11 November 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Immortals 3D

Filming Locations:

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

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Henry Cavill trained for 8 hours 5 days a week to get in shape for the film.

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Goofs

On the morning of the battle, when Hyperion walks to the front of his army set to attack, all his soldiers are wielding their weapons in their left hand, shields on their right. When the shot switches to the front, all the soldiers have their weapons in their right hand.

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Quotes

Phaedra: To those whom much is given, much is taken away.

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Connections

Referenced in The Replacement Gods (2012)

User Reviews

How to ruin a good myth in a few easy steps

In the trailer, they mentioned prominently it was from the 300 producers, probably to entice 300 fans into watching it. Well, what difference does the director make then! This is from the guy who directed The Cell (with Jennifer Lopez) and more recently Mirror, Mirror (with Julia Roberts). Here, the director was rather good with the visuals (as he usually is) but managed to tell a weak disjointed story where we don't really care about the characters or the proceedings. It felt as if some important transitional or plot scenes were left on the cutting floor (no, they're not in the deleted scenes). For example, a few times I didn't know why certain characters were at a certain place. Finding the main artifact felt nonsensical and anti-climatic. The acting was mundane, the characters kinda thin, except perhaps for the gruff villain played by Mickey Rourke and Zeus (in his different incarnations) who were more somewhat complex and interesting. A speech by the hero obviously intended to be stirring actually felt corny, and had for me the opposite effect. Perhaps worst of all, the chemistry between two of the leads was absent making their romance feel rushed and unbelievable.

You would think the battle scenes might have saved this. Here again, they felt underwhelming as if we had seen them done better somewhere else. The exception to this would be when the gods actually battled with their super speed. Unfortunately, the main menace, the Titans, were not only mythologically inaccurate but severely disappointing. A bunch of similar-looking, savage, mute, human-sized blokes. The half-dozen Greek gods were a bunch of mostly unidentified pretty boys (and one woman) with ridiculous helmets. Since this is a movie based on a myth, you might expect mythological creatures. Nothing there except the human-like Gods and Titans. Even the Minotaur was a human with a metal grid helmet. The saving grace might be the visuals that offered a kind of otherworldly surreal look similar but weaker than 300. It also had very few locations. All in all, Immortals should be ashamed of even being mentioned anywhere close to the great 300. It's even weaker than the mediocre Clash of the Titans. Immortals doesn't work as an epic fantasy and it doesn't work as a decent retelling of the myth and not just because it's so inaccurate.

Rating: 3 out of 10 (Poor)