Clash?? – More like a train wreck!

Rating: 1/10 (7 August 2010)

Given that the film is based on Greek myth which have been passed through time for centuries and that the groundwork had already been laid with the epic original 1981 version – how can you go wrong if you throw in some big name actors and give it a polish with the latest CGI?
Apparently you can...!
Given that the story and plot have already been set this version is a burp to its predecessor and an insult to its heritage.
The movie from start to finish is one action scene slapped to the next as if it is in some kind of hurry to reach the (anticlimatic) ending. The sparse 'bits' in between often used for story / character development are wasted with fruitless dialogue and poor acting – Perseus the Greek Demigod – apparently was a low rent Australian!
In addition, the 1981 version wasn't up to speed so this version chooses to 'freshen up' by introducing random characters, ideas and sub-plots which add no value to the story (lets make Pegasus black – or rather than kill Hades demons, lets domestic them and make them our donkeys instead!!)
I appreciate that an action movie requires 'action' to work but the urgency of this movie to cram as much action into the ninety minutes as possible creates a frenetic mess leaving its audience disorientated as to what has happened or care as to what is happening, which mixed in with the revised plot and poor acting leaves you with an empty soulless shell of a movie.
Apart from the awesome effects used to create Pegasus which deserve credit I don't think Harry Hamlin has anything to worry about!
P.S – why is it that all 'monsters' created for the big screen now look the same? Can no one see past a monster being anything more than a: Alien, Godzilla or Cloverfield hybrid?