Action and Nothing Else

Rating: 5/10 (2 May 2010)

Clash of the Titans centers around a half god, half human named Perseus(Sam Worthington). Zeus is mad that humans don't fear/respect him anymore and decides to let his brother Hades wreak havoc on the earth so humans will again bend to his will. The only thing stopping Hades from destroying the human race is a small force of Greeks led by Perseus. They must find a way to defeat The Kraken, a deadly creature that Zeus has threatened to release, and save the world as they know it.
Sound Good........Well, It Isn't.
NO cliché is left unturned as Perseus and his band of one dimensional friends must make their way through a trek that feels like so much well worn territory. I especially enjoyed the obligatory romance and the two "cooky" characters that lightened the mood with their "hilarious" one liners. Once again, Sam Worthington brings his cardboard "hey, I'm an everyman who must magically become the greatest warrior ever in five minutes" shtick. I'm not sure why he has been getting so much work but if you've seen him in any other movie you've seen him in Clash of the Titans. Aside from him pretty much every character follows suit, acting as if they are robots programmed to say their lines and nothing else. Liam Neeson, the only halfway legitimate actor in this movie is only in about two scenes and is wearing the most ridiculous Zeus costume I've ever seen.
Not to say that it's all the actor's fault. Their acting can't fix a script that seems to be nothing more than stage directions leading the actors to the next big action scene, which their are plenty of. Not to say that their good, in fact they are actually very bland and uninteresting. It's amazing to me with all the effects and money put into this movie that the filmmaker's couldn't even make breathtaking action scenes, especially when you consider how little time must have been spent on the other parts of the movie.
So, Clash of the Titans manages nothing but lots of action scenes and the action scenes aren't even that good.