before the age of man or beast, the immortals wage war on each other in the heavens. the winners become the gods. the losers become the titans who were imprisoned in mount tartarus. during the war, a powerful weapon called the epirus bow was lost. in 1228 b.c., the heraklion king hyperion (mickey rourke), lays waste to greece searching for the bow. with it he can free the titans and destroy the gods who failed to save his wife and children from dying of disease. hyperion captures the virgin oracle phaedra (freida pinto), in the hopes that her psychic visions will help him locate the bow.