History Film / Immortals

** Freida Pinto as Phaedra, who at point strips naked so that we see her backside take up half the screen[[note]]However, this is only a very convincing BodyDouble; according to Pinto, the director didn't even ask her to do the scene herself[[/note]].

** The Greek king/leader at the Greek wall near the end of the film. He argues that the conflict with Hyperion can be settled peacefully with talk while Theseus argues in favor of war and defense preparations. [[spoiler: In the final battle, as he tries talking to Hyperion, the villain simply [[OffWithHisHead lops his head off]] instead with nary n a glance or change in walking pace]].

** The brass bull at the oracle temple.

* IAmSpartacus: There are four oracles, but only one is the true one. The other three are there to protect the real one's identity. When Hyperion asks which one of the three is the real one, they all reply in the same way: "I am the oracle." [[spoiler:Once he's told a fourth escaped, he is quick to realize they're full of crap and [[CruelandUnusualDeath roasts them alive]] inside of the aforementioned [[ChekhovsGun metal bull]] for their obstinacy. The girls kept saying "I am the oracle" over and over until their last breath.]]
* ICannotSelfTerminate: Hyperion calls the temple monk on this, knowing that he cannot take any life, his own included, and therefore has no choice but to talk. The monk cuts off his tongue in response.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Hyperion's motives for his RageAgainstTheHeavens was that his family fell ill and was dying, and when he pleaded to them to help save them, they did nothing. So in response he vowed to free the Titans so as to destroy the gods who ignored his pleas for help.

** The MacGuffin of the film, the Epirus Bow, is clearly (for anyone with any knowledge of modern archery) a 21st century recurve... with sparkles stuck on it. It even has a plastic sight mount, but no sight.

* BabiesEverAfter: In the ending, true to the Greek mythology, Phaedra gave birth to Theseus's son Acamas.

* BiggerOnTheInside: The little box which only shows sixteen Titans standing in it actually holds far more. Titans are also shown breaking up from the floor showing it has multiple levels.

* DoomedHometown: Theseus's home town gets assaulted by Hyperion's army early on, and many of the villagers are killed or enslaved, including himself.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Hyperion setting a harmless, unarmed priest on fire (with obvious relish) after spitting in the purification water.

* FireForgedFriends: Stavros and Theseus get off on the wrong foot, but they end up working together seamlessly afterwards.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Hyperion becomes the leader of a massive army and goes on a conquering spree after his prayers to the gods to save his wife and child went unheeded. In the end he also ends up freeing the Titans, who were imprisoned by Zeus, and several gods are killed while trying to contain them.

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: More than one Titan in the final battle gets graphically bisected by Zeus, Poseidon and Athena, with at least one getting halved diagonally. With plenty of CGI-{{Gorn}} for good measure.

* HotterAndSexier: The Greek Gods, specifically Zeus and Poseidon, often depicted as gruff old men, are here depicted as good looking, muscular pretty boys. Who also happen to be very badass.

** Poseidon does earlier in the film as well, but uses LoopholeAbuse by causing a tidal wave and letting the water take out the {{Mooks}}, rather than attack them directly.

** The climax, which features Zeus fighting with chains and then using chains to tear down a mountain, echoes the climax of the 1958 ''Hercules'' film in which Hercules (played by the late body builder Steve Reeves), the son of Zeus, fought off his enemies with chains and then used the chains to tear down a building.

* TitanomachyRoundTwo: The entire plot is is about evil King Hyperion of Crete trying to free the Titans from Mount Tartarus to kill the gods. The son of Zeus, Theseus, must stop them. While in this version Hyperion is a mortal, he's named after one of the titans.
* TongueTrauma: The monk of the temple where the Epirus Bow is kept, in order to prevent Hyperion torturing the bow's location from him, does this ''to himself''. That's dedication. The only reason he didn't just kill himself outright is because his vow wouldn't let him.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Athena is badly wounded, including having her throat cut, but its never shown if she explicitly died, and she was fully capable of speech even with those wounds. After destroying Tartarus Zeus picks her up and the last we see of them is two golden orbs rising into the sky.]]
* UnknownRival: The entire motivation for [[spoiler: Lysander]]'s FaceHeelTurn is to get revenge on Theseus for [[spoiler: getting him kicked out of the army]]; he seeks Theseus out during the FinalBattle, but Theseus simply kills him, and doesn't even seem to recognize him.

** Freida Pinto as Phaedra, who at point strips naked so that we see her [[MaleGaze bare butt]] take up half the screen[[note]]Unfortunately, this is only a very convincing BodyDouble. According to Pinto herself, the director didn't even ask her to do the scene herself.[[/note]].

* ColorCodedCharacters: The gods are [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine white and gold]] while the titans are [[RedBlackAndEvilAllOver black and red]].

* ColorCodedCharacters: The gods are white and gold while the titans are black and red.

** Freida Pinto as Phaedra, who at point strips naked so that we see her [[MaleGaze bare butt]] take up half the screen[[note]]Unfortunately, this is only a very convincing BodyDouble[[/note]].

* BadassBaritone: Theseus' deep voice conveys how strong and determined he is.

* LoopholeAbuse: While Zeus is forced to [[spoiler: kill Ares for helping the heroes out, he manages to spare Athena since she ''technically'' didn't interfere; she simply provided some horses that they could ride]]. Also he still managed to train Theseus in the arts of war, since he's not helping him "as a god", but merely as a mortal counselor.

* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: The Epirus Bow is Hyperion's entire motivation for the story. Subverted in that: [[spoiler: Theseus never had any use for it other than to save his friends once, Hyperion has no ''further'' use for it after he frees the titans, and it is promptly destroyed when Zeus intervenes to fight them.]]

* TheChick: Phaedra.

''Immortals'' is a 2011 American epic fantasy-action-adventure film directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Creator/HenryCavill, Freida Pinto, and Creator/MickeyRourke.

* NiceHat: Pretty much everyone except for Theseus. The pantheon and the oracles get extra points. It's even lampshaded. As one of his reasons not to bother with religious ritual, Theseus notes that the village priest has a ridiculous hat.

* AndIMustScream: The Titans are bound so that they cannot move, standing in rank with their mouths held open by a bar.
** The prison that they are held in, is even more nightmarish. Known as the Tomb of Tartarus, the prison is deceptive in its appearance. Stepping and standing inside of it, feels like falling in an infinite abyss of pain and darkness. It's much bigger on the inside that it is on the outside, which is why there were additional Titans bursting and crawling out from inside of it after the first set of Titans got out and were being slaughtered.

** To be fair, the concept of "immortality" is also touched on as either living on through your descendents, or as a legend. That said, the only things that actually kill either gods or titans are other gods or titans; a human would have no chance of killing a god unless the god stood stock still AND the human had a divine weapon.

* KillThemAll: [[spoiler: Not only is Phaedra just about the only mortal main character left alive by the end, but other than Zeus, Poseidon and possibly Athena (plus a apotheosized Theseus) they've managed to wipe out ''all'' of the pantheon that was shown as well.]] [[spoiler: Actually, there is one [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent blink and you miss it moment]] on Mount Olympus showing a god wearing winged helmet - possibly Hermes.]]

* MsFanservice: Phaedra (Freida Pinto, who strips naked so that we see her [[MaleGaze bare butt]] take up half the screen). Unfortunately, this is only a very convincing BodyDouble. However, Athena appears as a living, topless stone statue.

''Immortals'' is the story of the legendary hero Theseus, as he seeks revenge on evil [[EvilOverlord King Hyperion]] of Crete for, you guessed it, [[YouKilledMyFather killing his mother.]] Hyperion plans to unleash the race of the [[SealedArmyInACan Titans from their prison]] in order to take his [[RageAgainstTheHeavens revenge on the gods]] and wipe out humanity, but for that he needs the [[EnergyBow Epirus Bow]] and is willing to do just about anything to get it.

Which means saddle up, folks -- there will be blood, and it's gonna be pretty. No, really, the battles are sheer SceneryPorn.

** Also when Zeus [[spoiler: kills Ares. With the threat of the Titans breaking loose, maybe Zeus should have considered keeping around the guy whose job title is "God of War"]].

* DoingInTheWizard: Although gods and magic still play a large role in the whole ordeal, the Minotaur is not a hybrid of a man and a bull. He is instead a freakishly large torture device operator who wears a wire bull mask because his favorite contraption seems to be the Bronze Bull.

** The Greek king/leader at the Greek wall near the end of the film. He argues that the conflict with Hyperion can be settled peacefully with talk while Theseus argues in favor of war and defense preparations. [[spoiler: In the final battle, as he tries talking to Hyperion, the villain simply [[OffWithHisHead lops his head off]] instead]].

* EnergyBow: The Epirus Bow is a normal-looking bow that can limitlessly fire arrows made of pure energy, powerful to blast through a stone wall or kill a man in one shot.

* HotterandSexier: The Greek Gods, specifically Zeus and Poseidon, often depicted as gruff old men, are here depicted as good looking, muscular pretty boys. Who also happen to be very badass.

''Immortals'' is a 2011 American epic fantasy-action-adventure film directed by Creator/TarsemSingh and starring Creator/HenryCavill, Creator/FreidaPinto, and Creator/MickeyRourke.

* ReligiousRussianRoulette: Hyperion's justification for killing all the gods? They didn't step in and stop his wife and daughter from dying of plague. Interestingly, this becomes MotiveDecay since he gleefully goes on his quest for the Epirus Bow more to gain an immortal legacy through procreation than to avenge their deaths. Furthermore, his motivation would be more than justified considering the Greek pantheon are {{jerkass god}}s in a lot of the stories... ''except'' for this one.

Not to be confused with ''Film/{{Immortal}}''.

* OffingTheOfspring: [[spoiler: Zeus executes Ares for directly interfering to help Theseus.]]