Universal Pictures pumped $250 million into the budget of writer/director Christopher Nolan’s epic fantasy action film The Odyssey, which is inspired by the ancient story by Homer and is set to receive a theatrical release on July 17th. The Asylum had a significantly lower budget to work with when crafting their mockbuster, also titled The Odyssey, and you can see the result in the trailer embedded above. If The Asylum’s take on The Odyssey looks like a good time to you, you’ll be glad to hear that the movie is already available watch, as it has been given a digital release.
The Asylum has brought us many mockbusters over the years, including Alien Disclosure Day, Master of the Universe, Shark Thrash, The Mummy: Bride of the Dead, Frankenstein’s Bride, Ballerina Assassin, Morgan: Killer Doll, The Jolly Monkey, The Twisters, Road Wars: Max Fury, The Exorcists, Bullet Train Down, Jurassic Domination, Top Gunner, Top Gunner: Danger Zone, Battle Star Wars, Alien Predator, Triassic World, Tomb Invader, Atlantic Rim, Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies, Almighty Thor, Thor: God of Thunder, AVH: Alien vs. Hunter, Transmorphers, Snakes on a Train, The Da Vinci Treasure, War of the Worlds, Hillside Cannibals, Battle for Pandora, Pandora: Fire and Ice, Predator: Wastelands, The Anacondas, The Last Hail M.A.R.Y., and many more.
The film has the following synopsis: Based on the Ancient Greek epic. After ten years of war, King Odysseus sets sail for Ithaca, eager to reunite with his beloved. But his journey home is far more treacherous than the battlefield, as he must face deadly monsters and vengeful gods to survive.
Directed by Marcel Walz (Master of the Universe) from a script by Joshua Pruett, whose credits include Stranger Things: Tales from ’85, The Asylum’s The Odyssey stars
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