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

Writers:

Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides

Stars:

Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff

1 win & 4 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 | zeus | titan | 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 [de]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Greek

Release Date:

11 November 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Immortals 3D

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

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mickey Rourke was in negotiations to play Conan's father in the 2011 Conan remake Conan the Barbarian, but eventually chose to do this movie instead and Ron Perlman took the role of Conan's father.

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Goofs

Hyperion uses the Brazen Bull device as a painful death for his resistors. However, the film is supposed to take place in the 1100s BC and the Brazen Bull wasn't invented until around 600-500 BC.

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Quotes

Theseus: Stand your ground! Fight for honor! Fight for the man beside you! Fight for those who bore you! Fight for your children! Fight for your future! Fight for your name to survive! Fight! For immortality!

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Connections

Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #2.18 (2011)

User Reviews

Not Enough Fascination

It's too obvious to compare Immortals to 300 since it has the same producer and the sky and slow-mo violence are also in it. But for me, don't get me wrong, it's like Tron Legacy. It wastes a lot of good merits. Even the tone is great. It's great for a blockbuster epic. The visuals, production designs, and the costumes are fascinating but it lacks a better plot. Tarsem Singh isn't quite much of a storyteller. He only makes his costumes look fascinating. It could be entertaining and fun but it feels unsatisfying.

Let's start with the performances, Henry Cavill hams it up when he's yelling but it's good when he's not. His fighting is pretty good though. Stephen Dorff could have been a good back up if he's not underused. Mickey Rourke is always a threatening villain. Frieda Pinto plays another pointless role in a blockbuster film. The best goes to the gods. Luke Evans and Isabel Lucas are both soulful to their roles. Evans should've gotten more screen time though. Nothing goes wrong with John Hurt. He's a pro.

The visuals are undeniably great. The costumes are truly fascinating. Especially the ones where the Virgin Oracle was introduced to Theseus and the other slaves. The action is impressive. Fanboys may love it for the non-stop violence and exploding heads. Some people may call the CGI inferior but it's actually not. It's probably unique and not headache big unlike the rest of the blockbusters out there with too much CGI.

Since the filmmaking is solid, the storytelling limits the fascination. The characters doesn't do anything necessary to the story until the end. It's disappointing. With all the decent narration in the beginning and a great tone. The gods doesn't showed that much. But what's more disappointing is the fight of the Minotaur is like it's just another fight sequence. He got the bow there but the fight seems just nothing. The film could have been better if the director was more interested with Greek Mythology.

People who liked 300 or any gory violent film may still find this ridiculously entertaining and fun. I gotta admit, this is pretty awesome but the storytelling is just too disappointing to make this good. If this movie has another director who can make the slow moments better and Singh makes the visuals, violence and costumes, the film might work better. Greek Mythology fans will definitely be disappointed but if you are in for some non-stop gore, exploding heads, throat slashing, decapitations, then this film is just for you. Better than Clash of the Titans.