Wrath of the Titans

Well after the pretty average remake of Clash of the Titans was I really expecting the sequel to be any better, probably not but I am an optimist! Anyhow, surprise surprise it is not very good, sure it looks quite good and there are some concepts that are done very well like the labyrinth, but the story is unbelievably boring.  With all of these fantastic fictional characters with a rich history they really deserved to be given a whole lot more story.

There were some bits which were frankly laughable, trying to stop fire demons with fire... yes really... and then Andromeda orders her men to attack, she runs off head first into the battle whilst her men form up a wall of shields behind her and start slowly advancing, utterly stupid.  I don't know how they managed to get so many of the original cast back! Also Rosamund Pike is no Alexa Davalos.

Film 62/365, Day 65/365 – Clash of the Titans

It all seemed too easy.  Admittedly Perseus’ father is Zeus but solutions just seem to drop out of the sky to help him.  It is supposed to be a quest but Perseus doesn’t appear to have anything that he needs to overcome in order to complete his quest.  There was some good action scenes and some excellent panoramics.  The acting was acceptable for an action film, for me it was just the execution of the story that let it down, especially as the original was one of the first films I remember watching.

Synopsis: Perseus’ family have just died at the hands of Hades, who has also declared to the city of Argos that he will release the Kraken unless the Princess of Argos is sacrificed.  In order to stop the Kraken, save the people of Argos and make Hades pay Perseus must go on a quest where he will discover that he is the son of Zeus, battle giant scorpions and come face to face with Medusa!