Wrath of the Titans

Greek Mythology is something that has been around as old as time itself. The legends and stories we've been told over the milleniums have been inspiration for many of our greatest minds of story telling. One of them, being "Clash of the Titans."

"Clash of the Titans" tells the story of young Perseus, the mortal son of Zeus, who is destined to stop the titans of the Underworld from conquering the Earth and heavens above. That's the IMDB description given for the remake from 2010, and not the good original film from 1981. My quick synopsis on the remake, is that it was okay. I enjoyed the performances by Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, and RaIph Finnes, as well as some of the action scenes. Overall, it was an okay movie. Compared to the original film, it's very inferior.

Now recently, we've been given a sequel to the remake, under the title of "Wrath of the Titans." So how was it?...Pretty bad.

Ten years after defeating the Kraken, Perseus is now living his life as a man, raising his son after his wife died. Soon, Zeus comes to him, saying that the gods are losing their powers, and that he needs him to come deal with it. But soon, Poseidon and Zeus are double-crossed by Ares, and Hades captures Zeus to free Kronos, leaving Poseidon to die in Perseus' arms. Soon, Perseus, along with his cousin Agenor, and Queen Andromeda, go to find a way into the Underworld to rescue Zeus before Kronos is freed. For what short a plot it has, it really PADS on and on...The first half of the movie might be interesting, but it's just so boring, that I almost walked out on this film. The second half was at least mildly entertaining, since it actually showed, oh I don't know, THE FRIGGIN WRATH OF THE TITANS! Yeah, the titans are barely in this movie, and they only show up until the end when Kronos is free. If it's not going to live up to the title of the damn movie, then what the hell was the point of calling it "Wrath of the Titans"?

Sam Worthington reprises his role as Perseus, and still does try his best with the lousy script he has in this film. Same goes for Liam Neeson and RaIph Finnes, but even their good performances and decent action scenes couldn't save the movie. I do give credit where credit's due, but as Yoda says "Do or do not, there is no try." Oh, and speaking of "Star Wars," this film actually had the guts to use lines from the original "Star Wars" trilogy. That's just shameful. Edgar Ramirez as Ares, was pretty cliche character. From the start, you know he's going to be the main villain. Hell, the kid who played Worthington's son was a better character than him, and he's barely in it!

Overall, "Wrath of the Titans" is just a laughably bad sequel, to a mediocre remake. It's not worth seeing in theaters, let along in 3D. But if you want to watch a bad film, just to know what the director of the upcoming "Ninjas Turtles" movie is like, then wait until it's on Redbox or Netflix.

Rating: 2/5
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