If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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)

This was so typically American. Another cliched fantasy action with way too many obvious blue-screen shots, trying to make the action as fantastic as possible but failing in the process. Terribly unconvincing. The eye-candy made it worth the watch, nothing else...

"Immortals" is an action fantasy movie in which we watch a young man who is the leader of an army and fights a ruthless King. His main goal is to find the ultimate weapon and eliminate humanity. Zeus chose this mortal young man to lead this army because he saw at him many things including honor, strength and he thought that this person can be the savior of the people.I have to admit that I expected more from this movie. I thought that it would be an amazing movie with an interesting plot and many twists and unfortunately, it was not. Despite that, I have to say that I liked very much the scene where the priestesses were speaking ancient Greek, the interpretations of Henry Cavill who played as Theseus and Mickey Rourke who played King Hyperion, and the visual effects of it but these were not enough. The direction which was made by Tarsem Singh was average and I believe he did not even reach his true potential. To sum up I believe that "Immortals" is an average movie with no many surprises and also a medium plot. It's not something extraordinary, it has a simple plot with some good interpretations which were made by its cast and an average written script. If you want to watch this movie just don't expect much from it and don't have high expectations or hopes.

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!