(Tarsem Singh, 2011)
Tarsem Singh is a "visionary director." From The Cell to The Fall he has demonstrated his amazing design sensibility. This movie is no exception. A retooling/ telling of the Theseus myth this is one of the most violent films I have seen in some time. Henry Cavill (the next Superman) stars as Theseus with Freida Pinto looking stunning as oracle Phaedra (her nudity is body doubled however) and a ripped Stephen Dorff appears as the largely superfluous Stavros. Luke Evans works as Zeus and Isabel Lucas as Athena is less annoying here than she was in the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. With Mickey Rourke as the evil King Hyperion and support from John Hurt as The Old Man (Zeus). The score is fair, the visuals stunning at times, and the action surprisingly violent and original. This film is interesting but a bit flat. (5/7)
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