Immortals

Action, Fantasy
2 stars
Dumb, but Jim liked it. A CGI-heavy rendition of the ancient Greek hero Theseus, played by hunky Henry Cavill, in which Hollywood takes many liberties with the Greek myth. In this Hollywood version, Theseus is a peasant mentored by Zeus (Luke Evans from The Three Musketeers 2011) to lead his people against the blood thirsty Heraklions, led by Mickey Rourke as King Hyperion. Theseus also gets help from a gorgeous oracle played by Freida Pinto, whose character’s name is Phaedra. (In case you are curious, in Greek mythology Phaedra was not a pure hearted, virginal oracle, but was Theseus’s deceitful wife). Lots of blood and gore – it mostly felt like a video game to me – but Jim liked all the battle scenes and was happy to see Freida Pinto naked. Only for those who like overly dramatic action films filled with CGI effects.