Remake a turgid affair

Rating: 5/10 (15 May 2018)

The original Clash of the Titans was the last of the great Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion fantasy films. Despite being saddled w/slumming thespians whose embarrassment is almost palpable and a lead who is a personality vacuum, it retains a certain charm, even w/o my rose tinted glasses. The remake similarly features check-grabbing thespians and a lead w/about as much personality as a stale biscuit, but none of the bombast ever moves the needle. There's no spirit of adventure in the entire dreary affair, and its failure to stick the landing on its central theme of our hero choosing not to embrace his God-side is the cherry on top of the poo sundae that is Clash of the Titans 2.0.