Wrath of The Titans

Remember Clash of the Titans from nearly 2 years back. The One directed by Louis Leterrier (Transporter 1 & 2)? The one where a Greek man by the name of Perseus (Sam Worthington) finds out that he is no ordinary human being. That he is the son of the great God Zeus. And that makes him a demi god. He then goes on a great adventure to save the world and kill the mighty beast called Kraken. Remember?

Well I wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t but I wouldn’t be surprised if you did either. Clash of the Titans was as my close friend Sandy says, “Pop Greek Mythology”. What made Clash even more Pop was known as “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief”. But they were both that kind of a movie. Imminently enjoyable when you watch them but with not much shelf life. Well the news is that, Wrath of the Titans is the much awaited sequel and is probably a bit better and maybe a bit more memorable than the first one.

What started off in the Clash has moved a decade and Perseus has decided that he wants to have nothing to do with the Gods or godliness or anything that is prefixed with the “G” word. He wants to move back to the “F” word. OK now don’t get all excited we are talking of the word called “Fisherman”. He is peacefully settled on a coastal village with his son Helios (John Bell). That’s when his father Zeus (Liam Neeson) decides to come back and ask him for help. He doesn’t reveal much but expects Perseus to trust him and leave his son to save the universe once again. This time from the Supreme God Kronos – the father of Zeus, Posiedon (Danny Huston) and Hades (Ralph Fiennes).

I must accept that Wrath of the Titans is definitely better made that The Clash of the Titans. The Clash also had its thunder stolen by Percy Jackson who was I would guess more contemporary (or pop as mentioned earlier). The Wrath doesn’t have that problem lurking around for certain. The Wrath also sees a change of directors and for the first time probably, the direction to a sequel is distinctly better. Jonathan Liebesman doesn’t waste too much of time building up the story and doesn’t leave you short of action at just the right moments.

The use of special effects this time around is also much better. Especially the quality of the 3D which I thought was probably the best since Tintin last year. The recreation of the larger than life demons and the aspects such as Hephaestus’ (Bill Nighy) maze to the underworld prison of Tartarus is simply superb. This one has to be seen on the big screen to get the real impact. Without the effects, there is not much to the movie. Definitely worth a dekko for this weekend. 6 on 10.

Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3446710553/