I discovered this movie on the Spanish-language channel UniMás while a game on another channel's at halftime. I don't remember seeing commercials for this around the time the film hit theaters & I can guess why (lucky for this film it made a profit). It's indistinguishable from "Clash of the Titans" or "300," which the channel's also aired. The actors I only recognized were Frieda Pinto, the guy from "Twilight" (Kellan Lutz), a guy who played Superman (Henry Cavill), Mickey Rourke, whose films are always on TV, & Stephen Dorff, always a character actor, never a celebrity. Since the SFX & audio & video are good, this film's decent enough to watch on TV for the sake of watching something on TV, but the story & cast ain't compelling enough for you to actively watch the film & do other things in the room like use your phone or sort laundry.
It's worth a watch and definitely better than Clash of the Titans.
I saw for second time. I like their esthetics and epic, the story is also well. It´s true The cell meets 300
Ok if you don't mind a total lack of a story...
The action is plentiful and looks quite good, so it would cater to the die-hard action fan.
I can't claim to be an expert on greek mythology, but I think this story has no real basis anywhere in the greek myths...as far as I know Hyperion was actually a titan.
Pure entertainment. I'm surprised some don't like it. It's an action epic with no dull moments. It's superior to Clash of the Titans in every way. Looks fantastic, especially in 3D.
You need to put yourself in a very specific mindset, to enjoy fully this movie. It's a more epic and over the top 300, to put it simple.
But man, it's an hell of a movie.
It's violent, awesome, epic, it's everything you'd want from a big fucking gods vs gods movie.
If you remember to put realism and common sense in a little corner and cover them with epicness and awesomeness, you'll be fine watching Immortals.
Also, it's in a very good and not obtrusive 3D.
the film is a mixture of 300 with mythology, golden gods... and henry cavill... it serves to pass the time and if you like mythology it is at the same time a gift and an offense for the eyes
The story line in this film was lacking, but the fight scenes and special effects were amazing. It didn't live up to my expectations that I thought this film was going to be, which was a disappointment, but it wasn't as bad as a lot of the bad reviews here make it out to be. Freida Pinto was drop dead beautiful, and I can see Henry Cavill was a good choice now to be Superman in the next Man of Steel movie.
"Immortals" is a super-stylized, amazing looking film. The visuals really blew me away and halted my scoffing at yet another sword-and-sandals movie, which have nearly saturated genre films to zombie and vampire levels. Director Tarsem Singh is responsible for the beauty of the images. It's a golden pallette much like Zach Snyder's "300" but with even more interesting scene transitions, landscapes, and horizons.
The CGI is noticeable but it's actually one of the better examples that I've seen lately. There's also a lot of blood and tons of violence, often sped up or slowed down for impact. I remember being awed visually by one of Singh's earlier efforts called "The Cell". It wasn't very entertaining but Wow! did it look great! "Immortals" follows suit or actually, trumps it.
Henry Cavill is star number one here and the guy is magnetic as the hero named Theseus. This is the first movie I've seen him in and I don't think they could have cast a more appropriate actor to play Superman in "Man Of Steel". Mickey Roarke is the mega-evil King Hyperion and he plays it kind of like everything else he's done in the last few years. His personna is a bit too silly for this movie and it really added a level of camp that I didn't need.
A "gods" vs. "titans" battle is the underpinning of this entire movie. It's a whole lot like "Clash of the Titans" in that sense, but we do clearly get to see the gods and titans fight in the climax. These sequences were again amazing to view but they lacked impact because as it turns out, gods and titans fight the same way that the mortals do. It's more hand-to-hand combat but turned 'up to 11'.
This is worth a watch based on the strength of the visuals, a strong hero, and a good enough story.
"It's not living as such that's important, Theseus. It's living rightly."
I had high hopes back when this came out. The cinematography looks great, the story just felt a little stale throughout the movie. The third act is pretty good and the fight scenes are entertaining, but didn't feel like enough to make this great.
3DPJ. Enjoyed this - looked stunning and loved the impact the gods made when they show up.
There isn't really a plot.
If you like skull smashing & blood splattering, this is it - there is men vs men, men vs gods, & gods vs gods.
Good pictures, good fight scenes - but nothing else.
I like these Greek Mythology movies. This one isn’t bad but Mickey is a curious choice.
It looks amazing, graphics are awesome. Otherwise I didn't find it very impressive.
i liked the cast but the movie waw! i liked the ending little bit
If you have this film in 2D don't bother watching it! If you have it in 3D then just skip through 120 minutes and watch the last half hour the last few scenes look good in 3D but its not worth sitting through the entire film to witness
The Cell meets 300....
pretty boring i fall asleep :/
alright flick. Just action. No plot really. Cool visuals
Because of the theme some people are comparing this to 300 but thats where the similarities end, this was a huge waste of time, avoid if you can.
Not bad, but not great either.
It's too similar to the likes of 300 and Clash Of The Titans to be judged on its own merits, yes the themes are similar and it is entertaining but ultimately unoriginal.
Shout by Lee Brown Barrow Movie BuffVIP 3BlockedParent2016-06-05T15:07:55Z
Visually impressive (when its not shrouded in darkness) but the story is muddled and sometimes boring. Flashes of brilliance in an otherwise bog standard tale of Theseus. This film will not be immortalised as a classic.