A pretty soul-less achievement for the computer programmers.

Rating: 6/10 (3 December 2019)

This certainly attempts to emulate the 1981 original by putting together a decent enough cast - Worthington, Neeson, Fiennes, Arterton, Jason Flemyng - even Nicholas Hoult makes an appearance, but the script is stilted, wordy and just plain silly. The CGI is simply no match for the delicate, stop motion animation of Ray Harryhausen either. There is still plenty of action and the film keeps an even tempo (though this is set as much by the music as it is by the acting) as they all search for a way to defeat the evil Kraken and save Argos. This makes for a good enough, if forgettable, afternoon adventure film. Nothing more, though, sadly. Keep an eye out for Luke Treadaway hamming it up superbly as the soothsayer.