Immortals is very clearly a Tarsem Singh film - at times it does look like the cast of 300 has wandered into the more out-there scenes in The Cell - and as a result it is visually interesting, dramatically flat (it lurches rather than flows) and remarkably tedious. Delivery of dialogue is generally painfully low-key in spite of a number of good performances: Mickey Rourke has real presence as the bad guy; Frieda Pinto provides rare and surprising moments of warmth; Stephen Dorff, Luke Evans, Kellan Lutz and Joseph Morgan provide more-than-adequate support; and Henry Cavill is a stoic and committed lead. Thankfully, the film delivers a lively (and squelchy) final showdown, but Immortals is definitely a case of artistry over entertainment.
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