Some genuine old-fashioned entertainment.

Rating: 8/10 (26 July 2010)

This 'remake' of the 1981 classic "Clash Of The Titans" is not --I repeat: not-- the miscreant a lot of people want to see in it. On the contrary, I found it to be very well done. Apart from some at times rather cheesy dialogue, that is.
As with most adaptations --in this case, an adaptation of an adaptation-- one should first watch this movie before reading up on history/mythology; or indeed watch the 1981 'original'. Of course, what the 2010 release has in favour over the 1981 movie, are the state of the art special effects. In a lot of modern day movies, those effects are sadly the only thing which make the movie interesting, but not here. Here, they are fitting the story nicely, adding some much needed pomp to the circumstances. After all, we're dealing with the Gods here.
Speaking of Gods, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are both up to the part they play; Zeus and Hades respectively. Although I must add that Neeson's natural grandeur is a tad lost under the wig of unruly hair they fitted on his head and a rather thinnish beard they smeared on his face.
Worthington is more than okay as the demi-God Perseus, while Mads Mikkelsen is very good as the rather stoic Draco. Add the charms of Gemma Arterton as Io and we've got a more than adequate cast who all perform their duties with grace and adroitness.
"Clash Of The Titans", while in the same vein, may not be of the solidity of the epic movies of the fifties and sixties (Ben Hur, The Ten Commandments, etc...) but it sure makes for some excellent entertainment and as a consequence it gets a well deserved eight out of ten from yours truly.
JJ