Almost forgotten action-fest starring Henry Cavill before his big break

Almost forgotten action fest starring Henry Cavill before his big break

Henry Cavill is currently in the biggest crisis of his career. After The Witcher exit his DC future as Superman was also rejected. Next he wants to turn the Warhammer 40,000 universe into a sci-fi series for Amazon.

On TV today, on the other hand, you can see Henry Cavill in his first big action role before the Superman and The Witcher hype see. At 10:55 p.m. ProSieben will broadcast the visually stunning fantasy action spectacle War of the Gods with the star.

Check out a German War of the Gods trailer here:

War of the Gods – Trailer 2 (German) HD

War of the Gods sends Henry Cavill into a visually stunning fantasy battle

Early in his career was Cavill mainly in drama roles like the 2002 Monte Cristo adaptation or the popular historical series The Tudors. Then, in 2011, Tarsem Singh’s War of the Gods marked the star’s first major action role in cinema.

Muscled and with a lot of charisma, Cavill plays the human Theseus, the son secretly raised by the god Zeus (Luke Evans) in the Battle against the sadistic king Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) draws.

In addition to Cavill’s performance, the War of the Gods, which is rather thin in terms of content, is worthwhile above all because of the director’s staging. Tarsem Singh is synonymous with films such as The Cell and The Fall visually stunning experiences. A promise that this fantasy carnage also keeps.

The highlight is clearly the 20-minute finale, in which Singh bloody sword fights with stylish slow motion combined. As the gods clad in golden armor collide with the ashen titans, War of the Gods becomes a painterly splatter work of art, crowned by a memorable final scene.

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