"The Immortals" (2011)--Went with a movie buddy last night to see this at our local second run movie house. If you liked "300" (and we both did), you'll probably like this one, too, although it's really not as solidly entertaining a flick as that one was. It was a no-holds-barred blood and guts movie, great for a guys' night out--it had everything: gut-wrenching violence, blood spattering, martial arts maneuvers, high octane battles, horrendous torture, evil vs. good, even some nudity thrown in. However, the sad excuse for a plot concerns the peasant Theseus, whose mother, Aethra, is killed by marauders of the loathesome King Hyperion, looking for the Bow of Epirus, which will release the Titans from their prison in Mount Tartarus (having been put there after their defeat by the gods of Olympus). The wicked, thoroughly nasty Hyperion wants the bow so he can release the Titans and rule the world or something dreadful anyway, and it becomes Theseus' quest to stop him and thus save mankind from utter destruction. He is helped in his quest by Phaedra, a Sibylline priestess, and the criminal (but brave) Stavros. Not based on any Greek myth I'm familiar with, it had great special effects, bad script, bad story, mediocre acting. So many things wrong with this movie besides its lack of a decent storyline--Zeus killing Apollo? Theseus a peasant? Theseus' mother being brutally murdered? Gods being slain by Titans? The gods claiming they can't interfere with mortals? BAH!! But when there's lots of noise, violence, and fantastic special effects, and it was a cheap ticket besides, who really cares? I will say that after seeing him in this movie, I think Henry Cavill (Theseus) will definitely be up to the challenge of portraying Superman, and hopefully he will be able to redeem himself in that upcoming production for participating in this film.