It seems like an odd one out on this list, but this light-hearted Coen Brothers adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey has plenty of action, comedy, lessons, and all with a lot less dead Greeks. Immortals makes the list only thanks to wonderfully choreographed fight scenes and Singh’s beautiful artwork.Īfter hearing about a hidden trove of cash, three prisoners: Pete, Delmar, and Ulysses, escape their chain gang in pursuit of the cash and their individual dreams of how to spend it. Well, our hero Theseus is having none of this, and vows to stop Hyperion from accomplishing his nefarious goals.īetween Hyperion’s sadly recycled "bitt character, the god’s helmets looking like light fixtures from Sharper Image, and Ares getting hit so hard he creates an Ares-shaped hole in the wall like a Looney Tunes character, I just couldn’t reconcile the beautiful scenery with the hilariously disjointed storyline and toneless acting. The plot focuses around the warmongering King Hyperion of ancient Crete seeking the fabled “Epirus Bow” so he can free the titans from the bondage of the gods. It’s as if someone told the writers “just go Google Greek myths and make a story out of it ” and a few drunken sessions later we have Immortals. Hyperion masquerading in his best stag beetle headdress.Ĭombining several aspects of Greek myths, we somehow ended up with a movie that felt like anything but.
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