If it were possible....

Rating: 1/10 (17 April 2010)

If it were possible to remake a film that was more campy, more corny than the original, this movie accomplished that in spades.
Aside from great special effects (the film's only real attraction) and A-list stars, the final product is a loud, tiring film that one is glad to see come to an end.
As campy as the original was -- also with A-list talent and state-of-the-art special effects for its time -- at least it had a storyline that was not too rushed so as to get to more action and more special effects, characters you care about because they were somewhat developed and enough dialogue to keep even the mythological novice informed as to who the characters are, why they are important and what makes them heroic.
SPOILER ALERT (if you know nothing about the myth of Perseus) My biggest disappointment was the Medusa sequence, which in the life of Perseus is the climax of the myth. Perseus was born to kill Medusa and bring back her head. Here, it is just another fast-paced action sequence with no sense of climax or importance to the story other than he has to do it to get to the next awesome special-effects laden action scene. End possible SPOILERS
All in all, if you are a lover of Greek mythology, see the original, and try to forget that Pegasas was ridden by Bellerophon, not Perseus (he had the winged sandals). If you want a mindless action film that could just as well have been Jason Bourn in ancient Greece, see this movie.