Wrath of the Titans is much better than the preceding movie, it has enough CGI fun to make the campy story and acting tolerable
Wrath of the Titans
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Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Wrath of the Titans has the virtue of being the first big-budget Hollywood action extravaganza of thisu00a0summer, and is completely dependent on balls-to-wall CGI. The follow up to 2010's unintentionallyu00a0hilarious but immensely profitable Clash of the Titans re-teams action figure Sam Worthington andu00a0Greek beasts, and it is still quite terrible, but in an endearing sort of way.
Director Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles) adds to Hollywood's endless supply of sequels, andu00a0it actually qualifies as his best film to date. Intentional or not, the film plays like a ludicrous satire ofu00a0Hollywood's own sloppy, over budgeted, hammy productions, and is so over-the-top that it's mildly fun.u00a0
The story picks up a few years after the events of the previous film, and is as ridiculous as it can get.u00a0One day Perseus (Sam Worthington), now a single father, is visited by his dad Zeus (Liam Neeson). Zeusu00a0warns him that men have stopped praying, because of which the Gods are losing their power, and thatu00a0Cronos, Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Poseidon (Danny Huston) are conspiring to bring about the end ofu00a0mankind. Perseus' mission: to round up his men and enlist the help of Andromeda (Rosamund Pike) tou00a0save people from the wrath of the titans and prevent mankind's extinction.
Along the way Perseus fights dozens of famous mythological beasts and the film is stuffed to the brimu00a0with a gigantic helping of visual badassery - there are Cyclopses, Chimeras, Minotaurs and whatnotsu00a0for those who like their action movies with gratuitous CGI and zero intellect, Wrath of the Titansu00a0delivers. Liebesman goes crazy with the fight scenes and the visual effects give new meaning to theu00a0word overload, with the non-stop green screen action lasting for a little more than 90 minutes. Heu00a0throws everything that's wrong with Hollywood into Wrath of the Titans, and the effect is often that ofu00a0guilty pleasure.
The 3D isn't nearly as migraine inducing as in Clash of the Titans but is still jarring. It doesn't help thatu00a0the epic fight between the Minotaur and Perseus is shot in the dark with a shaky camera - reducing itu00a0to a frustrating mess. Also, not a single shot lasts more than five seconds - but that becomes helpfulu00a0seeing as most of the actors here ham to the hilt. Rosamund Pike wears Miranda Otto's costume fromu00a0Lord of the Rings while Fiennes and Neeson try their best not to giggle through their dialogues. Edgaru00a0Ramirez fumbles along as Ares, teetering between being serious and silly while Bill Nighy as Hephaestusu00a0has his tongue firmly in his cheek. Action figure Sam Worthington, in his super solemn avatar and longu00a0locks comes across as a bizarro Danny McBride. Toby Kebbell as Agenor is fun but Cronos takes theu00a0entertainment cake here - a big improvement from the underwhelming Kraken sequence from theu00a0previous film.
Wrath of the Titans is much better than the preceding movie, it has enough CGI fun to make the campyu00a0story and acting tolerable. Director Liebesman is still a scourge on filmmaking but this movie shows thatu00a0he's capable of at least minimal good.u00a0
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