Immortals (2011)

Visions: Once again an age old question; a blessing or a curse?

For Phaedra (Freida Pinto), they are a gift not subject to query but rather an expected way of life, she is the Sybelline virgin oracle. It’s believed that her dreams, visions, are messages from the gods. The good, seek these messages as a guide toward a divine and fulfilling life. But King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) seeks Phaedra for her knowledge to locate the Epirus bow. With this bow he will have his revenge and the power to conquer the gods, take over the world and rule all of mankind.

You see, way back when the world was still very young, there was a war in the skies and a great weapon, the Epirus bow, was lost in the battle. Immortals had once thought they were above death, but later discovered they did have the power to kill each other. The victors declared themselves Gods and ruled the heavens from Mt. Olympus; while they declared the vanquished as Titans and imprisoned them on Earth deep inside Mt. Tartarus. The gods knew that evil would rise again someday, but Zeus (Luke Evans) had forbid them by law to intervene in the affairs of man, hence rendering all powerless to aid or protect against harm, unless the Titans are released.

Now Hyperion is leading his merciless Heraklion army across the lands killing everyone and destroying everything in a vow to find the bow and unleash the Titans. The people of Greece are defenseless against such evil, but there is one hope; Theseus (Henry Cavill), a strong young peasant chosen by a god and trained by a wise old man (John Hunt). After his village is ordered to evacuate, Theseus gets into a throw down with Lysander (Joseph Morgan) over the safe rite of passage for all. He is offered a spot in the royal army but rejects the invitation to stay behind and protect his mother and the other outcasts; while Lysander gets ousted from the army and later defects to Hyperion. The Heraklions reached Kolpos before the outcasts could retreat, Theseus was forced to watch while his village is destroyed and Hyperion kills his mother. He was then taken to work the salt mines along with several others as slaves. That’s where, near death, he meets Phaedra and her ladies, and is urged to stay alive. Later that night she escapes with him, a monk, Daerios and Stavros (StevenDorff) a thief; while her ladies fulfill their duty by pretending to be her, so she can get away. After a brief discussion Phaedra realizes that Theseus must return to Kolpos to give his mother a proper burial, and while inside the crypt he makes a pledge to his mother that her family will not die with him. He finds something odd about the strange rock beside her vault and breaks it apart, inside, a magnificent magical weapon, the fabled Epirus Bow. But then he gets attacked by Hyperion’s beast. Oh man, Theseus becomes a mighty warrior and decapitates the gruesome brute, meanwhile outside, Daerios falls dead at the hands of heathens. Theseus rears his magical bow and with four true shots, kills the Heraklion soldiers. Later that night while tending to his wounds, Phaedra seduces Theseus with an intimate embrace of her own desire to be touched and loved as a common mortal woman and freed from the burden of her visions. The next morning they all regroup outside and set course to return to the monastery, where with bow in hand, Theseus plans to protect Mt. Tartarus and save his people by vanquishing the evil King Hyperion and his forces.

"It's not living, as such, that's important. It's living rightly!"

Immortals should not be viewed as a young Family Flick. However, with action, drama and fantasy, it is another Must See Movie!