Saturday, April 3, 2010

Film Review - Clash of the Titans (2010)


Clash of the Titans is based on the 1981 film of the sane name and stars Sam Worthington, fresh from his success in Avatar as Perseus, the half human son of Zeus, played by Liam Neeson, but when the lord of the underworld Hades (Ralph Fiennes) threatens war, someone will have to take a stand to defend the world.

I can't think of a more duller action picture to be released this year, and if there is I'll be bloody surprised because like Dragonball Evolution, it starts off on the wrong foot as the intro made me think "Didn't I just play this on PS3" and only got steadily worse from there with Worthington himself retreating into his Aussie accent as a clear sign of his disinterest, Fiennes's laugh out loud funny performance as Hades and of course the time old tradition's of both distinguished UK actors hamming it up and actors delivering ham fisted dialogue as if they're performing Shakespeare.

But wait there's more, there's only 15 minutes of action scenes at best and the titanic Kraken seen in the film's trailer is just underwhelming, as were the Scorpions also seen in the trailer.

So folks, hang onto your money and if you happen to own a PS3, hire God of War 3 as that's far more satisfying, as for this well it's scraping through with a 1 and a half out of 5.

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