Although the film was critically panned when it came out in 2012 – yes, it has only a 26% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes – Jonathan Liebesman’s Peplum Flick “Wrath of the Titans“attracts a large audience on Netflix.” Wrath of the Titans’ is a sequel to Louis Leterriers 2010’s Ugly-Ass 3D movie “Clash of the Titans,” A high -octane recording of the glittering Fantasy Epic 1981 directed by Desmond Davis and with Harry Hamlin.
All three films concern the adventures of Greek hero Perseus, played by Sam Worthington in Remakes. In “Clash of the Titans” contains “Perseus’ adventure any of what you remember from studying Greek mythology in elementary school. He is the illegitimate son of Zeus, born to the human woman Danae. He grows up, raised by fishermen, in the city of Argos. When he turns 18, the King and the Queen of Argos. appears to the court and says they have to sacrifice Princess Andromeda (Alexa Davolos), otherwise he will release the Kraken, a gigantic sea monster. Liam Neeson plays Zeus, and Perseus fights Medusa.
The film is terrible, but it made over $ 493 million at the checkout (!), Which means that a sequel was inevitable. The sequel extra -polished from Greek myth and refers to a bizarious frown: the gods lose their powers because people have stopped praying to them. One might think that believing was easy to get by in a universe with the crown, gorgon and gods that pop up in person, but do not care. Hades and Ares (Édgar Ramírez) collaborate to steal Zeus’ Thunderbolt and … yes, the action continues quickly.
Everything is very whitewashed.
Titan’s anger is absolutely nonsense
The action, to get back to it, is more reminiscent of a Fetch-Quest video game than anything you can meet in ancient texts. Perseus, now ten years older, is told by Zeus that if the gods lose their powers, then Tartarus walls will fall and release Titan Kronos, such a powerful creature that it can destroy the world and fully mound Olympus. Hades and Ares have done a deal with Kronos; When he breaks away, they will remain immortal in exchange for the power they can siphon from Zeus’s body. Perseus will have to meet Kronos himself. His goal is to mount the spear of triumon, a weapon made by Zeus ‘Thunderbolt, Hades’ Pitchfork and Poseidon’s Trident. It’s not much more sophisticated than to pick up the master’s value in “The Legend of Zelda.”
Andromeda is back, now played by Rosamund Pike. Danny Huston plays Poseidon, and Billy Nighy plays Hephaestus. There are cyclops, minotaur and other divine creatures as well.
The film is muddy, visually unclear and the action is largely generic. The “titans” recordings were clearly made in the wake of the success of Zack Snyder’s “300”, and it has the same ultralyized, ultra -masculine prisoners of that film. Worst of all, it doesn’t seem to say much. There is a vague theme that concerns the function of the throne in a developing world, but it is not really explored. It is also an illogical theme in a world where the gods are very real and prove their direct influence on the human world daily.
Sam Worthing has gathered a bad reputation for playing thick -height action heroes in films such as “Terminator: Salvation” And “Avatar” movies. Worthington is actually a capable artist who took on many action/genre films that did not require much of him. The “Titans” films just required him to be tough and quiet.
It seems that it was enough to earn “Wrath” $ 302 million at checkout and a new life on streaming. So what do critics know?
