Sam Worthington goes from great Avatar, to Titan sized bland.

Rating: 4/10 (25 May 2010)

The film is based on the original 1981 film directed by Desmond Davis. The film centers on Perseus (Played by Sam Worthington), the mortal son of the Greek god Zeus (Played by Liam Neeson). Perseus is raised as a fisherman, but years later, his family is killed by Zeus' nefarious brother, the god of the underworld, Hades (Played by Ralph Fiennes). Perseus discovers that it is his destiny to defeat Hades, and prevent him from destroying mankind by unleashing the Kraken. He takes a band of soldiers on a journey to defeat the Kraken, and prevent Hades from overthrowing Zeus, and destroying mankind.
So, what did I think of the film you may ask? My answer: Mediocre.
The story is one that has potential, but came across as cheesy, and sloppily done. You'd think an action movie based on Greek mythology, filled with tons of visual effects, and huge ass monsters would manage to hold one's interest for almost two hours. But the way the editing just went from sluggish to rushed, sluggish to rushed, had me wanting this movie to end after 45 minutes.
The inconsistent pacing, and unspecial screenplay with cringe-worthy dialogue aside, what really made me drowsy was the characters. The performers just didn't seem to really care, or try. Sam Worthington, who was great in Avatar, is almost completely bland in this one. It doesn't seem like he's traveling across Greece defeating monsters. It's like he's walking down an aisle of Whole Foods looking for soy chips. However, Fiennes and Neeson were great, as usual, and the only two cast members who didn't seem bored.
The movie itself made me want them to just rush to Neeson saying "Release the Kraken!" or see the next action sequence. The action is lacking through the first three quarters in the movie. But, there is a fight scene later in the movie with Medusa which was awesome. It's fast paced, and never loses interest. And the Kraken sequence was absolutely astonishing. The action and visuals in that scene were magnificent.
Howver, the rest of the visuals in the movie aren't THAT creative, and aren't that special. Any monsters or settings in the movie that aren't Medusa, and the Kraken, are poorly realized by sub par effects animation.
If the movie could have been on equal quality to those two awesome action sequences I mentioned earlier, I definitely think it would have been better. But, that's not the case.
I give it ** out of ****