adonis98-743-186503 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. Immortals is a 300-type action film and don't expect any historical knowledge to take out of it instead you're getting Henry Cavill being an absolute badass and Mickey Rourke finally being a good villain to a blockbuster (Iron Man 2 anyone?). The effects were pretty good although i would have prefer a bit less of a slow motion at times and over the top blood but still nice. (8/10)

kaam519-598-801272 Loved the acting in this movie. If you do not try to make it fit into actual myths and history, you will save yourself a lot of grief.

Jackson Booth-Millard I saw the poster and DVD cover for this mythical movie many times, the title made it obvious what the plot would involve, it had an average rating from critics, but that didn't stop me watching it, from director Tarsem Singh (The Cell, Mirror Mirror). Basically ages after the Greek Gods won their battle against the Titans, imprisoned deep within the walls of Mount Tartaros since the dawn of time and thirsting for revenge, but a new evil threatens the land, King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) is mad with power and has declared war on humanity. Hyperion's army are amassed of bloodthirsty soldiers he has personally disfigured, like he is, he is in search of the legendary weapon of unimaginable power, the Epirus Bow, forged in the heavens by Ares, whoever possesses this bow can unleash the Titans, and bring a rain of destruction upon mankind and annihilate the Gods. The Gods, aka the "immortals", have ancient laws that dictate they must not intervene with the conflicts of man, they remain powerless to stop Hyperion, so Zeus (Luke Evans) secretly chooses a peasant named Theseus (Man of Steel's Henry Cavill) to come forth as the only hope for humanity from Hyperion and his army. Theseus rallies a band of fellow outsiders, including visionary priestess Phaedra (Freida Pinto) and cunning slave Stavros (Stephen Dorff), the leading hero will be the one to lead the uprising, or watch his homeland fall into ruin and the Gods vanish into legend, of course in the end Hyperion is defeated in the final battle, and Theseus sacrifices himself and is transported to Olympus with the Gods. Also starring John Hurt as Old Man, Isabel Lucas as Athena, Kellan Lutz as Poseidon, Joseph Morgan as Lysander, Peter Stebbings as Helios, Stephen McHattie as Cassander, Daniel Sharman as Ares, Steve Byers as Heracles, Romano Orzari as Icarus, Corey Sevier as Apollo and Mark Margolis as The New Priest. Cavill proves himself a good lead a few years before becoming Superman, Rourke is a good choice for the beefed up villain, and supporting cast members like Hurt and Evans get their moments too, the special effects are well done, and most of the fight sequences are engaging enough, especially being bloody, but it is a fairly predictable tale of the threat to the Gods and humans of ancient Greece, I admit I did get slightly bored at times, but overall it's not such a bad action fantasy. Okay!

madisonwisconsinite I often find myself wondering "what's the dark-skinned person doing in a film about _______?" In this case, it is Greek mythology, but there are Negros and Indians in it. This is European history or proto-history or mythology, however you want to look at it, and that does not mean African or Indian Subcontinent stories. It is a bit like all of the old American westerns with Europeans playing the American Indians. That's just not really right. Then, too, Chinese detective Charlie Chan was never played by an Asian actor. Putting black men and Indian women into this story just isn't right. They are as out of place as the pumpkins in the recent miniseries about Pharaoh Tutankhamen. All of that said, it was a very entertaining story, well-acted by appealing lead actors, of some ancient mythology. I did find the vast numbers of Titans at the end a bit much. The gods kept doing them in, and more and more and more kept on coming at them. I may be wrong, but in my recollection, there were twelve Titans, who, among them, spawned 15 Titanic children. The film is very well worth watching, and if you have a penchant for very handsome men showing a bit of skin, it will appeal to you on that count, too.