OK, But Not Great

Rating: 5/10 (4 April 2010)

Before I start this review, I must say that I hate action movies. Sorry, correction: I despise action movies. The fight scenes are always dragged out and takes up the majority of the movie. I wasn't initially pleased to be dragged to see this movie, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. The movie itself was shorter than the average Hollywood blockbuster, at roughly 107 minutes long. The action scenes weren't as long as I'd thought them to be and in fact were very short. I was happy with this but some hardcore action fans may find a problem with this. So why am I only giving this a 5/10? The reason for that is because the acting is very wooden here. Sam Worthington will hardly score an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Perseus and Liam Neeson's Zeus leaves much to be desired ( although his wife did die before filming this movie, so it must have been hard on him ). The script was also weak here too, with not a lot of characters getting much dialogue. By the way, before I finish up here, I noticed something interesting: I noticed that there was a hint of atheism during some of the scenes in Argos. I don't know was it intended but I thought it actually made the movie a bit more interesting. In conclusion: it's an OK movie to watch for passing time, but not if you want high quality acting.