Wrath of The Titans
Watch Trailer Video: Interview with Sam Worthington, Toby Kebbell & Jonathan Liebesman
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Starring: Bill Nighy, Danny Huston, Edgar Ramirez, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, Sam Worthington, Toby Kebbell
Details: USA/TBC TBC
While certainly bettering the often inept 2010 production, this bigger budgeted sequel has some stunning visuals and a suitably manly Sam Worthington in the lead role; but the exchanges often play like Ray Harryhausen filtered through Fair City.
Worthington's Perseus has been chilling out for the past decade or so, having decided to concentrate on raising his son and living a simple life as a fisherman - rather than party/war it up as a demigod. When his aul' lad Zeus (a typically commanding Liam Neeson) turns up and asks for his help to defeat pissed off sibling, Hades (Fiennes), Perseus turns him down saying his promised his perished other half he'd never leave their offspring. But soon enough duty calls and he's wielding an extendable pitchfork like a boss.
After a muddled, slightly awkward opening, Wrath of the Titans soon shifts a gear upwards into enjoyable territory. In fairness, Perseus does very little soul searching and even then he's forced into battle; but when he does, 'Wrath' is an awful lot of fun. Problems arise when new characters are introduced; Pike is essentially a leather skirt with limbs, and Ramirez's Ares a missed opportunity for a villain with substance. Instead, he's reduced to looking all broody, with very little in the way of context given to his perpetually pissed sibling of Worthington's Perseus - other than Daddy giving more attention to one than the other. Yes, that old chestnut.
Worthington is a stellar lead, even if even he doesn't have much to do outside of the action either. But the film really comes into its own in the final third when there's a barrage of action in Hades' demonic layer. The CGI rendering is nothing short of superb, and the scale fully realised when the action moves back to above ground level and a mass of human fatalities take place. It really is an apocalyptic nightmare realised; but the 3D, while much better than the awful 'added in post' version of last time, is not really needed.
A big, dumb stupid action film that also happens to be a lot of fun in parts.
Review by Mike Sheridan
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FilmBuff76
Here's a rare thing: a sequel that's actually better than its predecessor. Expectations must have been low for this sequel to the 2010 remake of Clash Of The Titans, given how mediocre that film was. The shockingly poor 3D conversion added insult to injury and even Perseus himself (Sam Worthington) issued an apology to fans. Thankfully, the filmmakers have made amends with this rousing, fast-moving sequel. 10 years later, Perseus has opted for a humble life but is called back into action by his father Zeus. The war between the Gods and the Titans has spilled out into the human world. Perseus must battle a number of Titans on the way to taking down the big daddy, the impressive, skyscraper-tall Kronos who is threatening to destroy the world. Worthington adds a more human touch this time around and Andromeda has rightfully been restored as the female lead. Even Poseidon (Danny Huston) gets to say something this time. There's a lot less grandstanding and a lot more conflict in the sequel, which works in the film's favour. It's decent enough to banish away sour thoughts of its 2010 predecessor and restore some faith in Hollywood.
Posted 30/03/2012 20:53:06
jez
"Worthington is a stellar lead", is the reviewer being sarcastic or is he just slightly simple?
Posted 01/04/2012 18:58:53
JP Buckley
I was looking forward to a big dumb popcorn movie, something action packed and enoyable. Instead I left bored out of my mind. The acting is poor all round, the 3D as said above, not needed. As for the fight scenes, I was looking forward to seeing all the mythical creatures and was left VERY disappointed. The Cyclops's were like the 3 stooges, the Minotaur was slightly mentally challenged. Kronos ,while impressive in height and CGI, was a bore, he was like the Staypuft man from Ghostbusters,except slower and less threatening. By the end I couldn't care less who died or who lived. Such a let down.
Posted 03/04/2012 23:01:32
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