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Best Movie Ever: Immortals

Immortals? The best movie ever? It's more likely than you think. Before you scoff, let's illuminate eleven reasons why Tarsem Singh's mythological epic owns.

by K. Thor Jensen February 28, 2012

Gods. Titans. And the mortals caught between the two. Tarsem Singh's Immortals is a visually stunning action film with a great cast and some incredible battle sequences. But is that enough to make it the Best Movie Ever? Here at UGO, we're firm believers in giving each and every movie a chance at the top of the heap, so let's run through the high points of this flick. It sounds dangerous? What do you want to do, live forever?

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Hyperion

Okay, real talk: if you're going to cast somebody as your antagonist and you want him to look like life has beaten his ass, you get Mickey Rourke. One of Immortals's smartest casting decisions was installing him in the role of Hyperion, the engine that starts the plot moving. Rourke's craggy face elevates whatever material he's in, and his performance here is top-notch. Hyperion isn't a villain, per se - he just wants revenge on the Gods for letting his family die, and he's willing to unleash chaos to get it. Wouldn't you do the same?

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