: Wrath of the Titans
I was not a big fan of the first film, but this one seemed to have better, more interesting special effects and I thought I’d see it. I wasn’t too enthusiastic. In fact, I was far more tempted to see The Hunger Games a second time. I should have listened to that instinct.
Somehow the story for this one is even slimer and dumber than the first film! The idea is that humans aren’t believing in the gods any more so they are losing power and a creature called Kronos (I think Zeus’ father) who has been imprisoned in the bowels of the earth is potentially going to use their weakness to escape and wreak havoc on the earth.
That it itself wouldn’t be bad if this evil had a personality or story. Instead, he’s merely a 200-foot tall creature of glowing lava and fire. We are given zero history of who this bag guy is or why he wants to destroy the earth. He’s apparently just evil because we need a bad guy for this movie. I was bored to death.
The rest of the film is our heroes jumping through a series of elaborate (and pointless) hoops to retrieve three supernatural weapons that when combined will defeat Kronos. There’s some mumbo jumbo over the relationships of the various gods, how they betray each other, etc., but who really cares? The only thing we’re supposed to care about is our demigod lead and his desire to protect his young son — but even that relationship was so flimsy and half-hearted and the boy’s acting so bad that I hoped he’d get killed just so I wouldn’t have to endure the whinning.
There are a handful of moments that are interesting. I liked the inclusion of the character of Queen Andromeda, played by the lovely Rosamund Pike, and some of the special effects are damned impressive. But the action scenes are incredibly boring and I never felt anybody was in jeopardy or cared one way or the other. In the end, this is an utter waste of time.
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