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| Year: | 2012 |
| Country of origin: | USA |
| Director: | Jonathan Liebesman |
| Genre: | Mythological actioner |
| Starring: | Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes |
| Rating: | 4/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646987/ |
| Tagline: | Feel the Wrath |
| Favourite line: | "You're sweating like a human... next it will be tears." |
Quick turnaround sequel for the 2010 cult classic remake.
The plot:
It’s ten years after the heroic Perseus defeated the Kraken, effectively saving all of humanity. His son, Helius, is all grown-up now, and looks at his father as a hero.
Zeus, Perseus’ father, heads to the Underworld to confront Hades, ruler of the nether-regions….as it were.
Ares, Perseus’ brother, has concocted a plan: work with Hades to imprison Zeus, that they might drain his power and awaken Zeus’ father Kronos which, in turn, will grant them the power of eternal life.
Can Perseus put a stop to these dastardly plans?
Eh?
The first Titans movie (remake, not original – fuck me, this gets annoying sometimes) was a dreary, tedious affair, replete with action scenes so confused and poorly choreographed it was actually impossible to see what was going on, which was a surprise as helmsmen Louis ‘The Transporter’ Leterrier is no stranger to high-paced action.
Step forward two years, we have a new director, Jonathan ‘Battle: Los Angeles’ Liebesman, and the problems seem to have been ironed out, with the three or four major set-pieces all handled with a deftness of touch that belies the epic scale of the narrative.
Sam Worthington is back, too, as Perseus, sporting a new accent (his native Australian, instead of the affected English), and he is something of an issue. Consistently cast as the leading man, his star power is yet to convince down here at Smell the Cult HQ, despite starring roles in Avatar, Terminator 4 and the recent Man On A Ledge and, here, up against the considerable talents of Ralph (that’s Raif, fuckers) Fiennes and Liam ‘oooh, look at my beard’ Neeson, he really flounders.
He’s just no good.
That complaint aside, what we have here is a nuts and bolts fantasy action movie, calling on Greek mythology, with a nice line in beasties – a Minotaur, a Chimera, some Cyclops(es?), as well as good guy flying horse Pegasus – and a reasonably epic feel.
Take away the muscle bound moron at the centre of the action and you might very well have had a genuine classic of the genre.
Enjoyed it way more than I expected.
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