Immortals Movie Review by Keith Kelly

http://www.innovativecommunications.tv Will "Immortals" live forever in cinema history as one of the greatest action flicks ever? I don't think so. I'm Keith Kelly, and my review is coming up right now.

Two things intrigued me about "Immortals" a "swords and sandals"/ greek mythology film-one was the trailer, which showed lots of edgy, cool looking ancient battles, and the other was its rising star-Henry Cavill. I especially started to pay more attention once Henry was announced as the new "Man of Steel" in the upcoming Superman reboot. I'm a huge Superman fan-and wanted to see how he might potentially fill those boots in this action epic.

Here's the good news. There are lots of things to admire in this film. The art direction was great-almost every environment and set had an other-worldly, gritty fantasy look to them.

The casting was solid with Cavill as Theseus, Mikey Rourke as the bad guy King Hyperion, Luke Evans as Zeus and Frieda Pinto as Phaedra, the love interest. They all looked and sounded like they really belonged in their roles.

Much of the action was fun to watch-it reminded me of the bloody battles in the "Spartacus" TV show and from the film "300"-which is a good thing.

But then you get to the plot and pacing-which is where things start to fall apart. The storyline deals with Olympic gods and their ancient battle with the Titans-the repercussions of which boil over some centuries later into the time of Theseus. King Hyperion, feeling slighted by the gods-whom he blames for the death of his family-is on a rampage--wiping out everyone in his path. Theseus, a bastard peasant, has been mentored by Zeus-disguised in mortal form as an Old Man. It's already starting to get a little confusing, isn't it? It's not so much that the script has trouble making sense, but it really has issues driving a clear storyline, and moving the pieces forward. There are many threads that go nowhere-relationships set-up that are abandoned, and an ending that leaves you hanging and confused.

The pacing is uneven and many times sluggish, especially when it gets into the pseudo greek mythology dialogue scenes.

It's a shame, because with another2 or 3 re-writes, this could have easily been a truly epic fantasy adventure. Henry Cavill shows he's got what it takes to believably play a hero, and Mikey Rourke is filled with power and menace-but the film never takes full advantage of this potent twosome.

I give "Immortals", directed by Tarsem Singh, a grade of "C+". I'm Keith Kelly.

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