directors on drugs

Rating: 3/10 (20 April 2010)

3/10 is where I'll start with this. It may be generous, but it isn't all terrible. Over time it may creep up to a 3 or 4 out of 10, if it gets edited.
It's loosely the story of Perseus, no more or less digressed than most films. A Greek hero kills monsters and rescues a damsel in distress.
What is done with the film is pretty annoying. The script is cliché, but we can live with that. Lots of characters look like carry overs from other action films. There's a few twists that may make it a little less bland.
The actors do their job. I have no problem with them. They deal with a very mundane script and poor editing. The little people involved in make up and other jobs obviously made a serious effort.
The director seems to be on drugs, however. We have no logical pattern. We aren't really introduced to most of the characters, and the action is just a dork's video game, a complete blur, ridiculous and impossible to follow. There is no logical sequence of events in the action presented, or in the characters. Again, not the fault of the actors, but of horrid directing. To call it splotchy is an understatement.
It tries to make some points, and for the effort people made, I generously give this a 3/10. Still, it is very disappointing, and makes the original look like a classic.