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Immortals (2011), feature-length motion picture, directed by Tarsem Singh, screenplay by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides; 20th Century Fox and distributed on DVD.

A highly stylized mythological fantasy of the Titanomachy recurring anew. Hyperion threatens to rise against and overwhelm Olympian stability, but in the heavens and upon earth — a threat of cosmic existential proportions. Theseus may succeed in saving the entire enterprise. Athena (Isabel Lucas), but especially the Sibylline oracle Phaedra (Frieda Pinto), come into play.

The theatrical trailer touts that "on 11.11.11 one man will fight for all mankind." Accordingly, in a film produced by the people who brought us 300, the narrative is influenced more by fantasy epic cinema (think of Lord of the Rings) than by classical mythology. Still the plot is a functional adaptation spun within the parameters of classical mythology. Singh's stylization of mythological settings is an interesting element of this adaptation.