Perseus is fresh from his previous clash with a kraken only to find some wrathful titans waiting on the horizon. When pesky Kronos threatens to come back to the world of existence, the gods rise to the occasion and head to his prison to restore order. The trio arrive Ares, Poseidon and Zeus to find Hades waiting with an army of under dwellers to entrap his brothers, Aries betrays his father Zeus (angered by Zeus' favoring of Perseus) and joins forces with Hades to awaken Kronos. Poseidon manages to escape the clutches of Hades just barely with only enough life left in him to appear before Perseus and revealing that he is the last hope of both the mortal world and the realms above. Perseus sets out to save the world for his son's future joining forces with another demigod, Agenor and the Queen Andromeda. Once again Perseus must go the distance against his loving uncle Hades, prove himself against his treasonous half-brother Ares and stop Kronos from breaking free and destroying everything he loves.
Sam Worthington is back in the worn down sandals of Perseus to step up to another mess his estranged father has got him involved him in, Worthington drags the weary young man back into the frame acceptably it might not be the most amazing acting you've ever seen but in fairness there is a bit of improvement from the first and it's more the film being dull than his acting that is the concern. Rosamund Pike takes to royalty as Queen Andromeda with quite dramatic sprite I might add in the action scenes yet in the actual acting scenes (I can't really remember any... ) she never really had much room to maneuver making her seem rather absent and to only seemed to be involved to add more numbers to the team more than anything. The real stars that shine and at times actually steal the show (They don't really have to try to do that but still) are the veterans Liam Neeson as Zeus paired with tortured brother Hades, played by Ralph Fiennes with these two the aspects of greek mythology really comes through betrayal, loyalty and Hubris. The struggle between the two brothers that continues from 'Clash', shows the warped relationship they share as feuding brothers to scarred sons of the ominous Kronos who hovers over the film as the sparking threat which is where the real story of the film comes from and these two brilliant actors do what they can with what they're given and to that I salute em'. One other stand out performance comes from a quirky and crazy Bill Nighy as Hephaestus who brings his own dose of colour to his bland surroundings.
So the wrath the titans bring forth is compelling, brilliant and the sword-and-sandals epic 'Clash' should have been? Not a chance, in fact the problem is felt in the way that if you hadn't seen the first film and started with this, the point of characterization would be exactly the same. While the story moves on (Perseus has a kid and that's about as far as it's actually moved in retrospect to the narrative) things are exactly the same for Perseus, replacing titans with other titans who were killed and giants instead of scorpions. This feels as much a remake as it does a sequel, a sequel which no one really wanted and yet another poor remake that doesn't do justice to any Greek myth I've ever read. Many films these days concentrate on special effects and CGI and while Wrath is probably the crown of these films it bypasses all elements of story, hoping that the little tidbits of story come from imaginary back story from aforementioned Greek Mythology. If you want a solid, enjoyable and presumably a more accurate venture to the days of classical Greece I'd go back and watch the Disney version of Hercules which sees the two CGI titan films get trampled over in entertainment terms. My guess is unless you're really into the titan films and invested in the entertainment you've somehow found in its dark depths, this is another one to avoid by quite a distance as while it may be slightly more entertaining then 'Clash' the 'Wrath' is just as bad.
3 / 10
FIN.
Sam Worthington is back in the worn down sandals of Perseus to step up to another mess his estranged father has got him involved him in, Worthington drags the weary young man back into the frame acceptably it might not be the most amazing acting you've ever seen but in fairness there is a bit of improvement from the first and it's more the film being dull than his acting that is the concern. Rosamund Pike takes to royalty as Queen Andromeda with quite dramatic sprite I might add in the action scenes yet in the actual acting scenes (I can't really remember any... ) she never really had much room to maneuver making her seem rather absent and to only seemed to be involved to add more numbers to the team more than anything. The real stars that shine and at times actually steal the show (They don't really have to try to do that but still) are the veterans Liam Neeson as Zeus paired with tortured brother Hades, played by Ralph Fiennes with these two the aspects of greek mythology really comes through betrayal, loyalty and Hubris. The struggle between the two brothers that continues from 'Clash', shows the warped relationship they share as feuding brothers to scarred sons of the ominous Kronos who hovers over the film as the sparking threat which is where the real story of the film comes from and these two brilliant actors do what they can with what they're given and to that I salute em'. One other stand out performance comes from a quirky and crazy Bill Nighy as Hephaestus who brings his own dose of colour to his bland surroundings.
So the wrath the titans bring forth is compelling, brilliant and the sword-and-sandals epic 'Clash' should have been? Not a chance, in fact the problem is felt in the way that if you hadn't seen the first film and started with this, the point of characterization would be exactly the same. While the story moves on (Perseus has a kid and that's about as far as it's actually moved in retrospect to the narrative) things are exactly the same for Perseus, replacing titans with other titans who were killed and giants instead of scorpions. This feels as much a remake as it does a sequel, a sequel which no one really wanted and yet another poor remake that doesn't do justice to any Greek myth I've ever read. Many films these days concentrate on special effects and CGI and while Wrath is probably the crown of these films it bypasses all elements of story, hoping that the little tidbits of story come from imaginary back story from aforementioned Greek Mythology. If you want a solid, enjoyable and presumably a more accurate venture to the days of classical Greece I'd go back and watch the Disney version of Hercules which sees the two CGI titan films get trampled over in entertainment terms. My guess is unless you're really into the titan films and invested in the entertainment you've somehow found in its dark depths, this is another one to avoid by quite a distance as while it may be slightly more entertaining then 'Clash' the 'Wrath' is just as bad.
3 / 10
FIN.
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