CGI Borefest

Rating: 4/10 (1 August 2010)

Another big budget, brainless, CGI action fest from the underbelly of Hollywood. New in thing Sam Worthington stars in what turns out to be a effects heavy and ultimately boring film. Liam Neeson does his Liam Neeson - Ralph Fiennes does voldemort again. Gemma Arterton appears as nothing more than a bit of fluff for the boys. and we have a few more familiar faces trying to act all noble in ridiculous wigs and clothing. Perseus is found in the sea as a baby, it turns out he is the son of a god. A god called Hades (Fiennes) accidentally kills his earth dad and he sets out for revenge to Kill him. We also have Hades threatening destruction to Argos (not the shop the city) unless they sacrifice their princess Andromeda to the Kraken in 10 days. So Perseus and his motley crew set off to find a way to kill the Kraken.
The slight change in the story from the original (as I remember anyway) has an effect on the film. Andromeda has no link to Perseus and is replaced really with Gemma Artetons Io for no reason. In the original I remember Perseus was on a mission to save Andromeda because he loved her. No not in this one he is driven by hate but hate leads to the dark side. No hang on thats a different one.
Anyway it doesn't really matter as this film was utter tosh due to the need to fill nearly every frame with CGI. Rush any in between stuff then get on to the next big set piece. The worst example is the scene involving Medusa. This should have been tense and scary but guess what?....yes they turned it into another action scene with a giant CGI Medusa snake thing wriggling around like a bloody computer game end of level boss. I don't recommend this film. I am seriously considering never seeing a film with Sam Worthington and his whispery voice ever again. Gemma Arterton is a fox though. Enough to Kraken one off to. ha ha