Zeus (Liam Neeson) warns Perseus (Sam Worthington) of a coming battle. Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10 wall-to-wall CGI overwhelms the movieĪfter defeating the Kraken, Perseus returns to the quiet life of a fisherman and the sole parent to his son Helius. As impressive as it looked, I rarely found that it thrilled or even engaged me. Only Bill Nighy seems to be having fun, and compared to everything else actually he was pretty good.Īll in all, a soulless and hollow film that sacrifices any credibility to writing, story and characters for visual spectacle. Any film with Liam Nesson and Ralph Fiennes promises much, but here they don't have much to do and seem as though they are phoning in. Of the acting, Sam Worthington looks uncomfortable and is an uncharismatic lead.
The dialogue is stilted, the story is tediously paced, one-note and uninteresting overall, the music feels generic and the characters seem as though any personality they had potential to have was swamped the visual spectacle.
Jonathan Liebsmann's direction is marginally better than that of Battle: Los Angeles, but still felt bland and characterless. The camera work often felt awkward, part of the reason why the action sequences didn't thrill me was because of the choppy way the camera work and editing was constructed perhaps. The quality of the special effects are inconsistent, the Cyclops was good but the Minotaur not so much.įans of the 1981 original Clash of the Titans(I'm not a fan as such but I am somewhat fond of it) will enjoy the appearance of the mechanical owl Bubu. The sets and costumes do look spectacular, and some of the action sequences do look equally great especially the scene between the two-headed, fire-breathing demon(s), but while impressive in visual spectacle there wasn't anything completely thrilling coming across as emotionally empty instead. By all means it wasn't entirely disposable, but it suffered from a lot of things that hindered the 2010 Clash of the Titans. After seeing it for myself, I'm afraid I have to respectfully disagree, I actually thought it was worse. After hearing from people that Wrath of the Titans was better, I was intrigued in seeing. I didn't think much of the 2010 Clash of the Titans, finding it visually spectacular but hollow. Reviewed by TheLittleSongbird 3 / 10 Uggh! Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Poseidon's demigod son, Argenor (Toby Kebbell), and fallen god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy), Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind. The Titans' strength grows stronger as Zeus' remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus' godly son, Ares (Edgar Ramírez), switch loyalty and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius.