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Immortals

Action, Drama, Fantasy

Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

More information on this production is available at www.immortalsthemovie.co.uk.

The critical consensus

The supposedly lavish production values look decidedly third rate. The poetic licence taken with the mythology, meanwhile, deserves to provoke the ire of both Gods and men.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Rob Carnevale, The Herald, 09/11/2011

A hyper-violent slab of enjoyably silly blockbuster schlock, but by no means essential viewing.

Paul Weedon, Little White Lies, 10/11/2011

Tarsem’s full-blooded enjoyment of kitsch has a kicky resonance — next to the nervous corporate sheen of so much multiplex product, it’s a misfit with guts and soul.

***(*)(*)Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 10/11/2011

Good-looking to a fault, Immortals boasts moments of undeniable grandeur. Elsewhere, though, it is deathly dull. Tarsem Singh may well be an artistic visionary. Unfortunately, his sense of storytelling here is vision-impaired.

**(*)(*)(*)Neil Smith, Total Film, 10/11/2011

An entertaining if not entirely studious classical mythology yarn.

***(*)(*)Andrew Pulver, The Guardian, 10/11/2011

The director Tarsem Singh raids the FX cupboard with abandon.

*(*)(*)(*)(*)Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 11/11/2011

As spectacle goes, it is dazzling.

****(*)Mike McCahill, The Scotsman, 11/11/2011

It won’t do anything to win over those not already partial to Tarsem’s style, but it has more than enough blood, guts and glamour to satisfy – and Cavill looks like a superman.

***(*)(*)Helen O'Hara, Empire Online, 10/11/2011

Immortals is as absurdly, insanely and pottily violent as the video game it so closely resembles.

***(*)(*)Daily Record, 11/11/2011

It's a murky, addled affair, the CGI effects are third-rate and the violence makes it unsuitable for young audiences.

Philip French, The Observer, 13/11/2011

Spectacle aside, though, Immortals is a tedious, confusing mess.

Nicholas Barber, The Independent on Sunday, 13/11/2011

The ancient Greeks might not recognise the hash that’s been made of their narrative tradition, but going by scenes in The Iliad, they’d appreciate the amount of splatter that’s superseded it.

***(*)(*)Niki Boyle, The List, 14/11/2011

Immortals

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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