Immortals (2011)
Good visual effects but script fails badly
18 February 2012
Immortals is action fantasy movie based on Greek mythology.

Its about an evil King Hyperion played by Mickey Rourke searching for a powerful weapon, Epirus bow, which has the power to release the Titans,who have been prisoned in Mount Tartarus by the gods, and then to declare war against gods. To find the bow Hyperion must search for an Oracle named Phaedra played by Freida Pinto who can see things with her visions. Henry Cavill plays a commoner named Theseus who has been chosen by Zeus (Luke Evans) to stop the King Hyperion.

Tarsem Singh has done a decent job in directing the film but script is weak and fails the movie. Special effects are great and Gods are depicted in a different sort of way than has been done in other movies based on Greek mythology but it works great. Background music suits the scenes. Mickey Rourke as evil King did well, Cavill as Theseus also looked good but Freida Pinto as Phaedra looked great but her acting was poor, she needs to work on it, she looked the odd one out.

Immortals has its moments and failings too, best thing about this movie is the fight between the gods and the titans, its a visual treat to watch it and it only fails because of its script.

I would recommend anyone to watch it, just for its great special effects and brilliant fight sequences, but its only a one time watch.
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