Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Wrath of The Titans


Wrath of The Titans
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 23% (Critics) / 70% (Audience)
Directed By: Jonathan Liebesman
Written By: Dan Mazeau, David Johnson, and Greg Berlanti
Starring: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and Rosamund Pike
Studio: Warner Bros.

Synopsis: Perseus braves the treacherous underworld to rescue his father, Zeus, captured by his son, Ares, and brother Hades who unleash the ancient Titans upon the world. (Source)

The Good:
As a fan of both Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes it was cool to see them in their roles of Zeus and Hades. It was even more cool when the two of them teamed up against their father Cronus.
The special effects and CGI were more than serviceable.

The Bad:
The villains of the film were terrible. Cronus was a giant lava monster, that while cool looking, had no discernible personality aside from guttural grunting. Ares was supposed to have a personality but instead came off like a bratty douchebag from an 80s teen movie with a wacky accent that I couldn’t place.
The Perseus/Andromeda love story was clumsy and lazily crafted. Actually I didn’t see any reason for Andromeda’s presence at all except to be on the receiving end of a kiss from Perseus at the end of the film.

The Ugly:
Sam Worthington is the luckiest man in Hollywood because he has stumbled into several franchises that became successful in spite of him yet he continues to be given credit for those successes. Any no name actor could have been cast in Avatar/Clash of the Titans and those films would have done well at the box office. Yet this supremely charisma deficient, homogenous bore continues to get work as a leading man and it just baffles the hell out of me.
Worthington brought nothing to this movie except for a blatant display of not giving a damn.

Final Verdict: WRATH OF THE TITANS is an utterly forgettable film with lazy writing, directing and acting save for the yeoman efforts of Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes. These two actually seem to understand they are making a goofy big budget action/fantasy movie and show the energy and enjoyment that you would expect from people who understand they are being paid handsomely to play dress up. Aside from their performances and OK visual effects, this movie is a colossal dud. D-

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