Task 37 – Immortals Movie Review

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Movie:    Immortals

Rating:   4-Star

Mad with power and a desire to conquer King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) has amassed a blood thirsty army of disfigured soldiers and has declared war against humanity. He is scouring Greece in search for the legendary Epirus bow. The Epirus bow is so powerful and forged in the heavens by Ares that with it he can’t be stopped even by the Gods. The Epirus bow is the key to unleashing the titans who remain imprisoned and bound deep in the walls of Mount Tartaros.

While searching for the Bow King Hyperions men pillage the Greek country murdering the women and children and enslaving the men. He believes that the Sybelline Oracle (Freida Pinto) can tell him where to find the bow and attacks the monastery where she lives. Before he captures the monastery the oracle and her maidens escape into the desert.

In a small Greek village we meet Theseus (Henry Cavill) a peasant born a fatherless bastard. He is coached by an old man how to fight and he protects those he loves from any and all threats. With King Hyperion’s army not far away the village is evacuated but he the other peasants are forced to stay behind to travel the next day.

The old man is shown to be no other then Zeus and we learn that he has chosen Theseus as hero of mankind. Zeus shares this with his daughter who he discovered hiding in the village.

Before they can leave they are betrayed by a traitorous Greek soldier who tells King Hyperion of the village. In a deadly battle the village is obliterated and his mother is killed at the hands of the King himself. Theseus is captured and enslaved and he vows to avenge his mother’s death.  While being taken to the mines as a slave he meets the now captured Sybelline Oracle who sees that he is the key to saving the Greek people. Secretly chosen by Zeus, Theseus must lead his people to victory. After escaping the Sybelline Oracle insists that Theseus give his mother a proper burial and they return to the village. While in the catacombs Theseus discovers the Epirus Bow is attacked by one Hyperions’ beasts and narrowly defeats the masked giant.

They then race to the monastery to stop King Hyperion they are chased by the Kings men and when it seems unlikely they can survive Poseidon intervenes and saves them. Zeus reminds the other gods that ancient law prohibits the Gods from intervening in the conflict of men and tells them if they get involved again he will kill them. Before continuing on to the Monastery they regroup and rest for the night. Here the love story between the Sybelline Oracle and Theseus begins and we watch as she gives herself to him.

Once at the monastery they discover that the King is not there and has a trap for them. Ensarled again in a deadly battle and with the Epirus Bow taken they are once more assisted by the Gods. Zeus angry the Gods intervened kills one of his own and tells Theseus that they will never again help him and that he must be victorious on his own.

They race to get to Mount Tartaros before King Hyperion and they advise the council that King Hyperion has the bow and to seal the city gate. Ridiculed for believing in such myths the council believes they can reach a diplomatic end to the battle. Before attacking King Hyperion offers Theseus a chance to join him. Theseus rebukes his offer and reminds him he killed his mother and he will settle for nothing less than retribution.

With the city gate now sealed King Hyperion uses the power of the Epirus Bow to penetrate the fortified city. He makes easy entrance and a deadly battle ensues. In the fight King Hyperion sprints to the prison of the titans in the depths of Mount Tartaras and releases the titans. With the titans now released Zeus and the other Gods intervene and begin a deadly battle of Gods and man. Titans vs. the Gods and King Hyperion vs. Theseus.  With the battles nearly ending with the Gods loosing and Theseus being defeated Zeus is forced to destroy Mount Tartaros to entomb the Titans. Just prior to the collapse Theseus’s will gives him the strength to defeat King Hyperion and exacting his revenge for his mother’s death. We watch as the mountain collapses destroying King Hyperion’s men and once again entombing the titans.

When the dust settles we are back in Theseus’s village and watch his son from his night with the Sybelline Oracle gaze proudly at his father’s memorial. The old man who had coached Theseus before is again telling Theseus’s son that he too like his father has been chosen and will be called on to protect mankind.