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| “ | Witness hell. | „ |
| ~ Hyperion's most infamous quote |
King Hyperion is the main antagonist of the 2011 action-adventure fantasy movie Immortals.
He is the cruel and ruthless king and supreme ruler of Crete, who was bent on avenging the Gods by unleashing the Titans.
He was portrayed by Mickey Rourke, who also played Gorman Lennox in White Sands, Stavros in Double Team, Charles Jericho in Driv3r, Terry Higgins in True Crime: New York City and Whiplash in Iron Man 2.
Biography[]
Hyperion was once a simple man. But when his wife and children grew terribly ill, he pleaded to the Gods to save them. But they ignored his calls and his family all died; in his words, the gods "idly stood by as my [his] family suffered like animals until they died."
After this Hyperion decide to start a war against the Gods as revenge for the death of his family. He wanted to get hold of the Epirus Bow, a magical object that would be able to break the seal holding the Titans in Tartarus, knowing the Gods wouldn't be able to stand a chance against them once they where free.
However, a young stranger, Theseus, who has sworn to avenge the death of his mother, slaughtered before his eyes by Hyperion, is secretly instructed by Zeus to find the Bow in order to prevent the release of the Titans.
Hyperion is seen receiving a traitor, Lysandre, who is offering his services to him. Hyperion agrees but brutally mutilates Lysandre by scarring his face and cutting off his testicles.
After finding it, the hero and his companions go to the monastery of the Sibyls, where they think they will find Hyperion. But the latter is already besieging Tartarus, where the population has taken refuge.
Hyperion manages to destroy the door thanks to the Bow of Epirus, scaring the retreating inhabitants. Theseus however manages to galvanize them before the infantry of the King of Crete attacks. The Greeks are resisting as best they can. The enemy King takes advantage of the confusion to enter the fortress alone. Theseus spots him, but too late to stop him from destroying the Titans' prison. The gods in full force then appear, to fight their enemies. On Zeus' injunction, Theseus leaves to kill Hyperion. The Titans then attack. The gods manage to kill a large number of them, but are gradually exterminated. Only Zeus and Poseidon make it out alive, while Theseus manages to kill Hyperion, not without being mortally wounded. Seeing that the situation is lost, Zeus causes the mountain to collapse, thus eliminating the remaining forces of Hyperion and taking with him the bodies of Athena and Theseus (the latter is awarded a place among the gods on Olympus.).