Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Writers: Dan Mazeau (screenplay), David Johnson (screenplay)
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. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. 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. 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. 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 Titans' strength grows stronger as Zeus' remaining godly powers are siphoned.
Wrath of the Titans is the sequel to 2010's Clash of the Titans. I am fairly sure this movie isn't looked highly upon. But, if you know me at all, you won't be surprised that... frankly, I don't care. I enjoyed this movie as I enjoyed the original (and the original before that).
The tone of Wrath is similar to the first one (or the second one... damn, I'm confused). As before, the sights and sounds are fantastic. If you're looking for CG eye-candy, this movie is god.
More nay-sayers like to poo-poo in Mr. Worthington. I don't think he's a fantastic actor, but he's got something that makes me really enjoy watching him on screen. Jason Statham and Vin Deisel aren't fantastic actors either, but I'll watch everything they make...
The rest of the acting is very good also with great actors like Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes. I also quite enjoyed Toby Kebbell as Agenor. He really stole the show for me.
As expected, the action is good and numerous. There's not as much female hotness in this one as Clash, but Rosamund Pike is nice to look at and isn't a bad actress.
Overall, I recommend this as another popcorn actioner. It's not going to win any academy awards, but it's a good movie and deserves a watch.
Verdict: Recommended
The Cast
Toby Kebbell ... Agenor
Liam Neeson ... Zeus
Ralph Fiennes ... Hades
Édgar Ramírez ... Ares
Danny Huston ... Poseidon
Bill Nighy ... Hephaestus
Alejandro Naranjo ... Mantius
Lily James ... Korrina
Sinéad Cusack ... Clea
John Bell ... Helius
"popcorn actioner" - the winning phrase. Still awaiting the Blu-Ray of this, but am looking forward to it more than Clash.
ReplyDeleteThe big problem I had with Clash Of The Titans was the deep love I have for the original and I didn't feel the remake was needed or respectful of the original.
Wrath, however, has no such baggage, so I'm excited by the prospect of a giant monster slugfest!
So much for a quieter life, Perseus has to save his father from his Uncle and brother; have fun son of Zeus. My colleague from Dish and I got together and live streamed the film to my HDTV using Blockbuster @Home. Silly humans always causing trouble; Hades and Ares are definitely not helping the matter but hey, a good sacrifice is never to terrible right? Both my friend and I loved the film, especially because of the Greek mythology and CGI. I was happy to see that Fiennes and Neeson had more material to work with in the second film than in the first. Kebbell just kept cracking me up; it seemed like his presence was perfect against the dark undertone of the plot. Loved the film and would recommend it to well, everyone.
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