Wrath of the Titans: A Wrathful Movie

Wrath of the Titans, sequel to Clash of the Titans (the remake) is a movie to be seen only if you really enjoy visual effects, fantasy and you have nothing better to do. Really I went to see this movie expecting it to be superior to the one before, and well the answer was "not really". This movie lacks of inspiration, trying perhaps to bank on their overuse of action and special effects. Sam Worthington returns as Perseus, along Liam Neeson as Zeus, and Ralph Fiennes as Hades and even with such wonderful actors this movie fails in bringing the strentgh required for an epic of this magnitude. One who did not return was Louis Leterrier, the director of Clash of the Titans who was replaced by Jonathan Liebesman. When a sequel is shot using  a different director, well, that change usually has repercusions especially felt in the creative aspect. Also there is the liberty taken in interpreting or changing the original myths to make the film "more accessible" to the audience such as portraying Chronus (the ultimate enemy of the gods) as a towering figure made of rock and lava that is no more of a threat than the giant Gingerbread man of Shrek 2.  Not everything is bad, though. There is humor in this film and the story includes the themes of fatherhood and brotherly love. Perseus unwillingly participates to save mankind once again though he cannot save his own father who has been betrayed by Hades, Zeus´s brother, and Ares, one of Zeu many children. In sum it´s a movie that does not hold its own but it also has its moments. I´d give it a 2 out of five.                                    

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