Wrath of the Titans
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Perseus tries to live a quieter life as a village fisherman while – dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion – the gods are losing control of the long-imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed Wrath of the Titans as a joyless, effects-driven spectacle that failed to fix what was broken in its predecessor — mechanical plotting, wooden performances, and a story too thin to support its mythological ambitions. A handful of reviewers found it marginally more watchable than the first film, but that was a low bar, and even fans of the genre had trouble defending it on those grounds alone.
“A relentlessly mechanical piece of work that will not or cannot take the imaginative leaps to yield even fleeting moments of awe, wonder or charm”
Todd McCarthy·The Hollywood Reporter
“Directed this time out by Jonathan Liebesman, the film lacks inspiration or zest in storytelling, performance or action. This is pure product, a movie desperately without energy or enthusiasm of any kind”
Mark Olsen·Los Angeles Times
“It lacks a comprehensible story, and you won't need your CliffsNotes on the Greek myths. You get an idea of who the major players are, and then they spend a modest amount of time shouting laughable dialogue at one another while being all but forced off the screen by special effects.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“For a movie that's basically all warmed-over pseudo-mythology and special effects, Wrath of the Titans is certainly more fun, in its solemnly junky way, than John Carter. It may also be a little more fun than its cheeseball predecessor, the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“Wrath [of the Titans] radiates the straight-forward, straight-faced pleasures of the mytho-muscular epics, like Hercules and Jason and the Argonauts, produced in Europe a half-century ago”
Richard Corliss·Time
Genres
Fantasy, Adventure, Action
Cast & Crew
DirectorJonathan Liebesman
StarringSam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy
ComposerJavier Navarrete
Wrath of the Titans
Perseus tries to live a quieter life as a village fisherman while – dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion – the gods are losing control of the long-imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos.
What critics thought
Critics largely dismissed Wrath of the Titans as a joyless, effects-driven spectacle that failed to fix what was broken in its predecessor — mechanical plotting, wooden performances, and a story too thin to support its mythological ambitions. A handful of reviewers found it marginally more watchable than the first film, but that was a low bar, and even fans of the genre had trouble defending it on those grounds alone.
“A relentlessly mechanical piece of work that will not or cannot take the imaginative leaps to yield even fleeting moments of awe, wonder or charm”
Todd McCarthy·The Hollywood Reporter
“Directed this time out by Jonathan Liebesman, the film lacks inspiration or zest in storytelling, performance or action. This is pure product, a movie desperately without energy or enthusiasm of any kind”
Mark Olsen·Los Angeles Times
“It lacks a comprehensible story, and you won't need your CliffsNotes on the Greek myths. You get an idea of who the major players are, and then they spend a modest amount of time shouting laughable dialogue at one another while being all but forced off the screen by special effects.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“For a movie that's basically all warmed-over pseudo-mythology and special effects, Wrath of the Titans is certainly more fun, in its solemnly junky way, than John Carter. It may also be a little more fun than its cheeseball predecessor, the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“Wrath [of the Titans] radiates the straight-forward, straight-faced pleasures of the mytho-muscular epics, like Hercules and Jason and the Argonauts, produced in Europe a half-century ago”
Richard Corliss·Time
Genres
Fantasy, Adventure, Action
Cast & Crew
DirectorJonathan Liebesman
StarringSam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy
ComposerJavier Navarrete
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