Immortals is directed by Tarsem Singh who directed the 2000 film the Cell which starred Jennifer Lopez, here the story concerns Thesius (Henry Cavill, the new Superman), a man of questionable parental heritage in a time where the Gods watch over the Earth, but the evil Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) seeks a powerful weapon called the Epirus Bow which could shake the land asunder and alter the balance of power.
I went into Immortals with very low expectations, having not really enjoyed the remake of Clash of the Titans or 300 very much, with that how did I find this one?
Well, let’s just say I’m of two minds on this film, to be fair it has some very impressive visuals, the sets, costumes and visual effects are all quite good and do make you go “that looks pretty neat” especially the costumes which are beautifully detailed and to look at.
But sadly this movie has both a boring and silly storyline, everything from this movie feels like a rip off of both Clash of the Titans and 300 and the finale is right out of Lord of the Rings, Cavill is okay but he will have to far better than this if he is to succeed as Superman, Rourke is pathetic as Hyperion as all he does is mumble his lines like in Iron Man 2 and eat a lot of fruit and as for john Hurt well he’s John Hurt so I can’t complain.
But as I said, nothing in this movie apart from its visuals got me and its silly finale ripped right out of the Lord of the Rings sunk it, not to mention its pointless bloody violence, yes Pinta Freido and Isabel Lucas look beautiful in some of their costumes but frankly so would any woman, Thumbs way down for this movie, 1 out of 5.
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