A soulless remake with little to offer beyond loads of special effects.

Rating: 3/10 (26 August 2010)

"I can't become like them. If I do this, I do it as a man."
No one can say that this remake of Clash of the Titans is just a retread, that's for sure. Some of the people and events remain the same, but most of this new version is a completely different movie altogether. Different, but not very good.
CG is used liberally. Everywhere you turn there's a CG monster or a special effect. But that doesn't change the fact that Clash of the Titans feels like nothing more than an empty action movie flavored with the story of Perseus and a conflict between men and the Greek gods. We're moved from one unimpressive action scene to another without any reason to care about what happens to the protagonists, and all the giant scorpions in the world didn't keep this from feeling boring and ultimately pointless.
I thought that Sam Worthington was decent in Avatar, but here he's bland and dull as Perseus. Liam Neeson (who seems to be in every other movie these days) has very little to do, and is basically wasted. The same goes for Ralph Fiennes. Gemma Arterton just looks pretty and serves as the generic knowledgeable guide that these kinds of movies seem obligated to have. The surprisingly decent cast was basically thwarted at every turn by a poor script that put little effort into presenting interesting characters.
Big action movies can be a lot of fun, but not when they're this uninspired. Clash of the Titans is an inferior effort. Not just in comparison to the original movie, but to the entire genre, in general. See it if you must, but I doubt you'll be eager to view it a second time.