A disappointment rather than anything else

Rating: 2/10 (8 May 2010)

As well as the predictable acting, both the plot and script could have been made much better. The film follows the traditional three-act structure to the letter and tries to build up to an awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping climax. What has been conceived,however, is one of the dullest fight scenes ever put to film. The problem is with the scripting, as it is flagged up early on in the film that the mythical monster the Kraken will be summoned to destroy Argos. Later on in the film, it is clearly explained how the Kraken can be defeated. And to no-one's surprise, the Kraken is defeated in exactly the way described, without any of the characters being put in any particular danger. There is no excitement or suspense, and there doesn't seem to have been any exertion from the characters, which makes the film the more unsatisfying. Director Louis Leterrier said that he wanted to remake the 1981 film because he enjoyed it so much in his youth. Instead of improving on the stop-motion classic, Leterrier has created a boring, plodding film despite of the talent at his disposal.