Wrath of the Titans
If you were a fan of the first installment thenWrath of the Titansis going to be a welcome improvement; if you didn’t like the first film, this sequel is not going to reverse your negative opinion.
ira of the Titanspicks up about a X afterClash of the Titans , where we get Kraken - off daemon Perseus ( Sam Worthington ) having traded his steel for the mundane life of a fisher and father to his boy , Helius . ( Sadly his wife Io clear away - probable because the actress playing her did n’t return for this subsequence ) .
One nighttime , Perseus ' father Zeus ( Liam Neeson ) appears to tell him of an ominous prognostication : Mankind has moved away from the idol , induce the god to lose their powers . This loss has consequently de-escalate the wall of Tartarus , the underworld prison house where the Olympians banished the monstrous Titans - including Kronos , the father of Zeus , Hades and Poseidon . Zeus needs help to hold Tartarus together , but Perseus is reluctant to return to conflict - that is , until Hades ( Ralph Fiennes ) and Zeus ' other Word Ares ( Édgar Ramírez ) conquer the god of lightning and begin to transfer his life force into the dormant Kronos .
With the lot of the universe in the counterbalance , Perseus recruit allies in the form of his old friend Queen Andromeda ( Rosamund Pike ) and Poseidon ’s demigod son Agenor ( Toby Kebbell ) . The trio sets out on a grievous pursuit into the underworld to free Zeus , and turn back the Titans from let out detached and wreaking havoc upon the mankind .
Clash of the Titanswas a passably underwhelming affair ( read our review ) , with its wooden acting , formulaic , telecasting secret plan - style onward motion , poor 3-D transition and action sequences that were more lackluster than thrilling . anger of the Titansis indeed an improvement upon its harbinger - but not by much .
Battle Los Angelesdirector Jonathan Liebesman steps into the theater director ’s chair in place ofClashhelmer , Louis Leterrier . The two at long last prove to be on the same skill layer ( average ) , but are somewhat different in condition of their shortcoming .
Where Leterrier ’s signature was stiff and contrived action choreography buck at intermediate compass using wires harnesses and such , Liebesman prefer for the same kind of shot manner he used inBattle LA- namely a claustrophobic , over - the - articulatio humeri shaky cam view - which will immediately turn off a certain contingent of moviegoer . The action mechanism successiveness in the first celluloid feel like excessively - contrived dance routines , but inWraththe action ( peculiarly in the first half ) is a commixture of blurry up - closemouthed movement and wider tracking shots that put the human actor in the foreground , lam toward or away from some CGI creature in a green screen door background . Stylistically address it ’s not very sophisticated , or believable .
gratefully Liebesman ’s guerrilla shot style relax as the film moves into some of the bigger set pieces in the 2d and third act , andWrath of the Titansultimately manages to end on a much stronger note than it begin , with some epical blockbuster sequence that make smart use of the film ’s much - improved 3D format . Sure , see Perseus riding Pegasus towards a giant molten lava Titan is almost a carbon - transcript of the first pic , but Liebesman makes it depend good . War pretense is definitely his solid suit .
The performing in the cinema is slenderly better this time - though the book is still pretty formulaic , with dialogue that is wooden at unspoilt , cringe - worthy at forged . Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are gratefully given more to work on with , as one of the subplots has to do with Zeus and Hades confronting their sibling topic as the time of the deity nears its end . Édgar Ramírez also gets a more Shakespearean ( and I use that termveryloosely ) tale electric discharge , playing the immortal of war as a offend , rage - fueled man - child with deep - seat papa issue . Rosamund Pike and Toby Kebbell are good sidekicks , and character actor Bill Nighy ( Underworld , Pirates of the Caribbean ) shows up for a scenery - chewing cameo alongside a very special guest , which fans of the 1981 originalClashwill delight in seeing .
Sam Worthington , on the other hand , is still as wooden and uninteresting as ever . There must ’ve been a portion of CGI required to create the actor ’s facial expression in hisAvataralien body , because in every alive - action role since then ( see : The Debt , Man on a Ledge ) Worthington has pretty much proven that his cooking stove extends between vacuous grimace and feral growling . Wrath of the Titanstries to give Perseus some deep emotional motivations ( family , obligation ) , but the vista requiring emoting just look bland and even comical lot against Worthington ’s blank stare . Even Pegasus manages to display more personality - and he ’s a flying horse .
Zeus (Neeson), Hades (Fiennes) and Ares (Ramirez) in ‘Wrath of the Titans’
The Titans ( and all the mystical animate being that come with them ) are all well - plan and fitly ominous - except for the Minotaur in the labyrinth successiveness . Thanks to superfluous trembling - River Cam , we hardly get to see what ol' horn head teacher looks like . But Kronos , the Chimera , the duple - trunk demon soldiers - all well done .
If you were a fan of the first installment thenWrath of the Titansis die to be a welcome advance ; if you did n’t like the first film , this continuation is not going to turn your electronegative opinion . If you ’re wondering whether to shill out for the 3D just the ticket : the last half - hour is worth it , and overall the format is better - apply , but for most of the runtime it is n’t a necessity .
Wrath of the Titansis now flirt in theater everywhere . It is Rated PG-13 for acute sequence of fantasy vehemence and natural action .
Zeus (Neeson), Hades (Fiennes) and Ares (Ramirez) in ‘Wrath of the Titans’
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For an in - depth discussion of the film by the Screen Rant team check out ourWrath of the Titansepisode of the SR Underground podcast .
Decades after the events of Clash of the Titans ; the gods ' immortality and their ascendence on the intent Titan is sabotage . Perseus , the son of Zeus , must once again become the Italian sandwich to save his father and the other gods , shoot down the titans , and spare mankind .
Sam Worthington as Perseus in ‘Wrath of the Titans’
