Armand Arsante plays Odysseus king of Ithaca in this splendid movie. Based on one of Homer\'s epic\'s the Odyssey. For lovers of Ancient Greece they will find a fantastic film to take pride of place in their DVD collection. As for everybody else this film contains a love story, great mythical creatures, action, adventure and a wondrous storyline.
Odysseus has been away from his beloved queen for ten years fighting in the Trojan war, and now that it\'s over he yearns to be back with his wife and his son Telemachus. However, even the mighty Odysseus could not envisage the journey set before him and a further decade that passes in his quest for home. Along the way Odysseus and his men a at the mercy of the vengeful Poseidon, god of the sea\'s, an hungry cyclops, Nymphs and much more. Meanwhile back home in Ithaca Penelope is besieged by suitors who have turned her home into a den of their leisure, overindulging the hospitality and pushing the queen to choose a king, believing king Odysseus to be dead. Ina bid to play for time Penelope declares that once she has woven a blanket to completion she will choose a suitor, but everyday she, in secret unravels some of the stitching. Penelope will not give up hope of her beloved returning, and when he returns she will know, for only one man can string the powerful bow of Odysseus.
This film has it all, a fantastic script, totally authentic costumes, great special effects, and Armand Assante puts in a wonderful performance. {If you like Armand Assante, check him out in a Western called Blind Justice} The locations used to film are fantastic and fitting to the films storyline. The film is virtually perfect to the Homeric Epic with only one or two very miniscule deviations of Homer\'s poem. The film is also quite lengthy, but needs to be to fit in all of the storyline. This film\'s climax is also worth waiting for. The way that Odysseus dishes out justice to these disgraceful suitors is brilliant.
Production Year: 2003 - Action/Adventure - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring:Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Sam Jones III, Allison Mack, Eric Johnson, Annette O'Toole, John Glover, John Schneider
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