Death should be afraid of us.....

Rating: 5/10 (12 April 2010)

"The Clash of the Titans" is set in the Greek city of Argos where a war is about to explode between man and the gods. Perseus raised as a fisherman, but is actually a demi-god.
Perseus is the son of Zeus who is about to take on the gods after the death of his family. Zeus' brother Hades was the one who killed his family, and Perseus wants to kill him.
However, it is Perseus's destiny to rescue the city of Argos from the ruthless rage of Hades and his Kraken monster.
With nothing to lose, Perseus leads a band of soldiers on a quest to defeat the Kraken. In doing this, Perseus will prevent Hades from overthrowing Zeus and in turn destroying mankind...
The original movie, had a camp classic feel to it, we had the gods, at regular intervals deciding the fate of the mortals vs ceramic figures. This time round, we have have Sam 'average movie' Star as the hero, who doesn't do much, but threaten certain people, and that the story.
Fair dues his surrogate family were killed by Hades, but the way that Leterrier handles the film is abysmal. The effects are undeniably good, but to have the 3D element is rather pointless, as none of the film appears 3D when you watch it in the theatres.
The fondly remembered parts of the film are wasted (Medusa is the one thing i was looking forward too) but they are handled hep handedly, you cannot but help yearn for the original.
Worthington is not a good lead, and the supporting cast prove this, and while there are some really good set pieces, they are not executed in the way you would think a multi million dollar remake would handle.
The best thing tin the film is Fiennes, he oozes evil from every pore and steals the film from everyone in it. Neeson is okay, but one feels that he just prepares himself to say 'release the Kraken' from the start.
It's not bad by any accounts, but they could have put so much more into this to make it one of the more worthwhile releases of the year.