Saturday, June 2, 2012

Wrath of the Titans



Wrath of the Titans is the sequel to 2010's Clash of the Titans, following the exploits of Perseus, the demigod who is the son of Zeus. In Wrath of the Titans we find Perseus living life as a human with his son and mother-in-law as a fisherman. Out of the blue one day he gets a visit from his father who pleads with him for his help in a war among the gods. Hades has escaped the underworld and has vowed revenge on Zeus for banishing him to the underworld by releasing Cronus, the father of all the gods. Perseus resists at first, but then Hades attacks his village and threatens his family. Perseus also finds out that Hades has kidnapped Zeus in an attempt to drain all of Zeus' power to release Cronus from his prison. Perseus goes on the offensive to rescue his father from Hades and save the world (again) from disaster.

I've seen some pretty bad movies, but Wrath of the Titans makes it pretty high onto my list of top 10 worst movies I've ever seen. It's not the worst one ever, but it's still pretty bad. I couldn't decide whether it was a action comedy or if it was trying to take itself seriously so it ended up being funny. There were a few times that the dialogue sounded like it came straight out of other movies. One scene nearly word for word copies the scene in Star Wars when Han Solo is about to be frozen in carbonite and Leia blurts out "I love you!" and he answers "I know." It was almost as if the screenwriters ran out of things to say so they decided to take things out of other movies and mesh them together into one movie. Clash of the Titans was at least entertaining; its sequel...not so much. If you actually enjoy cheesy movies then this one's for you. Otherwise I would skip it.