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Immortals
U/A (INDIA)
2011
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Positive Reviews
38
Negative reviews
28
Average Rating
2.7
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1.5
Advertisement Curiously, though, those textures and colors often dont have Tarsems usual verve.
Av Club
1.5
Luke Evans (as Zeus) acting fatherly to Cavill, whos only a few years younger than him, just doesnt work.
Den Of Geek
2.5
With a solid cast and breathtaking fight scenes, you almost forget that theres not much of a story.
We Got This Covered
2.0
Theres more to the story (by co screenwriters Charley and Vlas Parlapanides) a magical bow, a sexy virgin oracle (Pinto), caged Titans, none of it ter ..
Austin Chronicle
1.5
Its clearly a half assed motivation thats been tacked on to the characters personality.
Collider
1.9
The 3D cinematography is a pleasant surprise, one of the best iterations of the medium Ive seen.
Rogerebert
3.5
It never quite feels epic, but maybe that compromise is what holds it together.
Cinema Blend
3.0
But its solid enough to keep us interested, and the actors approach this B movie material with commendably straight faces.
Ny Daily News
3.0
Its good, cheesy fun.Extra Tidbit: Imagine what Tarsem could do with a decent script!
JoBlo
3.5
Director Tarsem Singh is one of the most stimulating filmmakers operating in Hollywood today, a visionary whose films often attempt to blur the lines ..
Screen Rant
3.1
Solid yet hardly sensational, no luxury sedan but a good compact fairly efficient in its operation, typically clean in look, and guaranteed to reach i ..
The Globe And Mail
2.5
But the problem with Immortals is its garbled screenplay, its lacklustre, almost lifeless action cuts, making the film end up as a pale shadow of the ..
2.5
Unfortunately, he gives much less attention to narrative coherence, and lacks the wit that can make such utter hokum exuberant fun.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
Given something as simple as Theseuss rousing prebattle speech, maximalist Singh is helpless, but when he gets whole armies in on the act, youve got s ..
Village Voice
1.9
The film manages one grand 300 moment, Cavill rallying troops for battle, doing his best Gerard Butler.But the lack of humor, the confusing, stumbling ..
Rogers Movie Nation
2.2
Singhs features never achieve a critical feel of humanity, always cold to the touch. They are museum pieces meant to be acknowledged, not necessarily ..
Blu Ray
1.5
Singh is a talented and eccentric visual artist with no creative future in the movie business.
Chicago Reader
3.8
The story might be routine and the characters void of much personality, but Tarsem knows the power of spectacle.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Its got a weak story, weak characters, weak acting and a lot of blood and gore.
Lariat
2.5
The trouble with Immortals is that it dilutes these simple, cheesy pleasures with a dry tone and far too much self seriousness.
Eric Ds Nider
3.0
But all too quickly self indulgence creeps in and the stunningly artful flair flatlines into bland elongated battle scenes crammed with empty spectacl ..
Radio Times
3.5
But that hasnt prevented ruthless King Hyperion (MICKEY ROURKE) and his massive army from laying waste to the lands and villages they encounter while ..
Screen It
4.0
The concept album that is Arethas Gold follows the chronology of Aretha Franklins hits, all released in 1967 and 1968, apex years of the decade not ju ..
Pop Matters
3.0
The View London Review out ofstarsRunning time:minsDirected by Tarsem Singh (more usually just known as Tarsem), Immortals is set in ancient Greece an ..
View London
3.5
But director Tarsem Singhs visual imagination is truly extraordinary, and Immortals is both as consistently astonishing as his criminally underrated T ..
Film Journal
2.5
by Part history, part mythology, and mostly a spectacle of state of the art digital effects, Immortals is a wannabe epic blockbuster that lacks a cohe ..
Emanuellevy
3.0
Director Tarsem Singh Dhandwar slathers things with eyecatching visuals luscious CGI effects, vertiginous camera angles, a treacly amber glow and keep ..
Guardian
2.0
Its a murky, addled affair, the CGI effects are third rate and the violence makes it unsuitable for young audiences.
Guardian
3.8
Yet, despite the lack of compelling characters, Immortals still works as pure spectacle.
Q Network
1.0
As if Clash Of The Titans wasnt bad enough, heres another mugging of mythology, with sadistic violence and shoddy 3D.Produced by the geniuses who gave ..
Daily Mail
3.5
But once youve spent two hours watching amber waves of abs ripple across the screen, you might think bigger credit really ought to go to the actors pe ..
Ew
3.0
It wont do anything to win over those not already partial to Tarsems style, but it has more than enough blood, guts and glamour to satisfy and Cavill ..
Empire
2.0
No matter how impressive the visuals, no matter how bloody or brutal the fighting, theyre always stuck with flat dialogue, wooden acting, stiff charac ..
Common Sense Media
4.4
However indulgent, Tarsem brings art museums to the movies, thrillingly injecting popular fantasy with acute senses of the classic and the avant garde ..
Slant Magazine
2.0
Its just one more example of why this would be a better movie world if the screenplay were perceived as being the most crucial element of a film packa ..
Bullz-Eye
4.5
It genuinely feels like the flight of dark fancy it is aiming to be.
Flickfilosopher
5.0
On the face of it the story has possibilities, but in Charles and Vlas Parlapanides screenplay its handled in ponderous fashion.
Blogs Indie Wire
3.8
The 3 D is better than what we have often seen, perhaps because of the high quotient of special effects that allows it to be more easily applied.The f ..
ReelViews
1.5
Visually stunning, but heavy handed and lacking a single moment that evinces any relish for movie making.
Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Immortals is a big screen popcorn movie to send off 2011 with a bang.You can taste the fury.
Coles Mithey
2.5
It had classic bloodlines inside a terrific story, and director Zack Snyder made great use of both the highly stylized surface gloss and the substance ..
Los Angeles Times
2.8
I dont think Immortals ends up being a good movie, but like all of Singhs films, its going to make a killer full color, glossy coffee table book.
Hit Fix
3.0
Its not just that this is visually blah (though it is), its also as inherently artificial and airless as any studio movie of the 1930s or 40s.When Sin ..
Cnn
1.9
Its nevertheless worth noting that Self/less remains quite entertaining for the duration of its running time, with the movie benefiting substantially ..
Reel Film
2.5
But Tarsem doesnt want it to look real.He wants it to look like a dream, or a nightmare, and it does, even if its sometimes a laughable one.
Nj
2.0
Its a big screen spectacle that offers nothing more than the spectacle.
7M Pictures
3.0
Targeted at the young, male audience who enjoyed 300 and Conan the Barbarian, Immortals delivers in similar fashion. I couldnt help but wish the story ..
Urban Cine File
3.0
John Hurt, wearing a Captain Caveman outfit, pops up here and there to give advice.
Mirror
3.1
It provides plenty of action, special effects and hot bodies to ogle but proves ultimately to be all spectacle with very little substance.
Three Movie Buffs
2.5
Somewhere in the confusion the magic bow switches owners (twice), but you barely notice even though its supposed to be the most important object in th ..
New York Post
2.5
Countless, repetitive battles plus stupid, stale story equals a pretty slow two hours.
Red Eye Chicago
1.0
This jumbled epic of absurd coincidences and logical gaps can barely track its internal mythology.
Ny Times
1.9
Heck, when one of your final shotsa setup for a sequelis more provocative and alarming and eerie and vibrant than anything that has gone before it, wh ..
Dustin Put Man
3.8
Immortals is a step back in a lot of ways, it feels like a first foray into feature filmmaking but it still manages to combine sets, costumes and colo ..
Larsen On Film
2.0
Theres fighting, disemboweling, limb and head severing and blood an entire hard drives worth of CG blood.
Hollywood And Fine
4.0
Immortals is also one of those unusual big budget movies that is both artful and unpretentious.
Io9 Gizmodo
3.5
Immortals Synopsis Eons after the Gods won their mythic struggle against the Titans, a new evil threatens the land.
Movie Web
3.0
Even with the overwhelming beauty of the environment, Eiko Ishiokas costume designs bear a notably striking presence.
Shockya
4.0
There is no more anachronistic film genre than the swords and sandals epic.
Sbs
2.0
If youre capable of stifling your sniggers for an hour and a bit, Immortals can be hugely campy fun its a beautiful, if utterly vacuous experience, th ..
The Shiz Nit
1.9
None of the comedy is too over the top, and the drama seems real rather than manipulative.
Scene Stealers
2.5
A mash up of ancient myth and CGI that often looks very impressive, but doesnt make a lot of sense.
Scifi Movie Page
3.5
Tarsem Singhs Greek mythology mesh up makes for a great Blu Ray demo disc . . .
Scifi Movie Page
3.0
Its really all an excuse for lots of 3D blood, battles and gore, with some dodgy dialogue thrown in.
The National
1.0
Underwritten, dramatically shallow and visually disappointing, Immortals is a missed opportunity.
Fan The Fire Magazine
3.0
For all its lustrous crimson escapism, Immortals offers a few fortuitous contemporary metaphors.
Entertainment Time
3.5
Overall, Immortals is a pretty decent popcorn flick. Will it stand the test of time Probably not, but the provocative special effects will leave a las ..
Reel Talk Online
1.5
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The Scorecard Review
2.5
It does, however, earn the distinction of being the most gorgeous and most brutal 3D film made thus far.Honestly, its worth a watch for the visuals al ..
Cairo 360
2.0
As goofy and on the nose as it is...I literally was sitting there going, Oh, this could be a Krull for our times.
Need Coffee
2.5
Im loath to give such a macabre production credit it does not deserve.
World Wng
1.5
By Eleanor Ringel CaterThe mortality rate in Immortals is a mile high, and I wondered for a while if, perhaps, I mightve enjoyed the carnage more if I ..
Saportare Port
1.5
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Movie Juice
3.5
Regardless, this is not a film to be skipped.Its a bold, distinct piece of big budget cinema that, while a little shaky, should be commended for darin ..
Blu Ray Ign
1.5
Theseus is one of the great heroes in the ancient mythological canon and its really too bad that the movie didnt use more of his actual story, instead ..
Cines Nark
2.0
Screenwriters Vlas and Charley Parlapanides cant seem to find a consistent tone or build a coherent plot.
7 Dvt
2.5
For a film meant to be spectacle over substance, its not a fatal blow.
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3.2
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Ifc
2.8
This is an awfully dumb movie that Ill still remember for a while.
Yahoo Movies
4.0
They definitely dont disappoint though, nearly stealing the film with an explosive, slow motion ass kicking that results in dozens of slow motion expl ..
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