The mighty Titans are angry that the film “Clash Of The Titans” was remade and now are back to seek vengeance on humanity. Actually not, but I would rather that happened than this movie to have ever been made. Before I jump into my thoughts the movie itself however, I have to say a few words about IMAX.
IMAX which is supposed to stand for Image MAXimum, is a film format that has the capacity to project films at a much higher resolution than ordinary film formats. The screen is therefore quite big, with some screens being as high as 7 stories. The image is much clearer and offers a much better 3D experience with powerful and crisp clear sound. Watching a film in IMAX is the ultimate theater experience and I recommend to all to check it out at least once. Just don’t go waste the experience on Wrath of the Titans.
Back to the film. Wrath of the Titans is a sequel to the much maligned Clash of the Titans (2010) which I have to mention, never got around to watching. I am a huge fan of the original 1981 film and when I heard the remake was nothing less than terrible, I chose to stay away.
In Wrath, Perseus (Sam Worthington) the bastard demigod son of Zeus (Liam Neeson) is on a quest to rescue his father from the clutches of Ares (Edgar Ramirez) and Hades (Ralph Fiennes) who plan to use Zeus’s power to free the Titan Kronos (Giant Lava Monster). On his quest he is joined by demigod son of Poseidon (Danny Huston) named Agenor (Toby Kebbell) and Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike).
For a film based on some of the grandest and exciting characters in Greek mythology, it is almost criminal how bland and uninspiring the script is. The dialogue is especially atrocious and I gave up on it entirely when the the line “
The most basic of character development and motivation are also sorely lacking. We are told that the Titan Kronos, father of the gods, should not be awakened as he will destroy the world. The reason why he would eradicate all life, we are not given. Maybe he wasn’t trying to destroy anything, maybe he just woke up from his long nap and was looking for the bathroom. He’s quite titanic, hence the name, so misunderstandings are likely.
It is quite unfortunate that I had to watch this in IMAX. Everything is enhanced especially the visuals so the failures are much more apparent. The action sequences are incoherent and at very few times when Perseus is fighting a Chimera or a Minator do you have any comprehension of what is going on.
Wrath is directed by Jonathan Liebesman whose previous effort was Battle Los Angeles, another uninspiring mesh of action sequences. There is nothing good that can be said about this film. Stay away, please, we cannot afford to give the producers the idea to make another Titan film. We might actually incur their wrath this time.
Rating: 2/10