Cast: Sam Worthingtom, Liam Neeson, Rosamund Pike
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Ratings: 2.5/5
Superb effects, excellent 3D and brilliant animation will save it from your wrath...
By Priyanka Ketkar
Sequels don't always work but they have their own charm especially if the sequel is technologically advanced than its predecessor like in the case of Jonathan Liebesman's Wrath of the Titans.
To play with history is one thing, but to play with mythology can either offend you or entertain you. Wrath of the Titans does entertain you but the thought of the dying Gods will definitely leave you confounded.
Persus (Sam Worthington) doesn't want the same fate for his son like his. He has decided to never leave his son alone. But the end of the world has neared and more importantly Zeus (Liam Neeson), his father has been held captive in Tartarus, the underworld prison, by Zeus's own brother Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and son Ares (Edgar Ramirez). But why is all this happening? The reason is we humans. Humanity's increasing lack of faith has reduced God's power and strengthened the imprisoned Titans. These Titans, if unleashed, will definitely destroy the world as we know it. The only person who can save this world from dying is Persus. On this journey Agenor (Toby Kebbell), Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike) and Hepaestus (Bill Nighy) help him to reach the finale.
Sam Worthington gives a solid performance despite the lack of any substance in the film. Toby Kebbell is charming and Rosamund Pike is an absolute eye-candy. The rest of the cast is also honest with their performances.
Like I said, there is little substance in the movie yet, it proves to be pretty entertaining. The dialogues are absolutely boring and lifeless. Those of you, who know about Bollywood, will find tremendous amounts of similarities in the climax of this movie and the Bollywood movies. So much drama, a love angle, sappy, uninteresting dialogues and a perfect climax; Hollywood surely seems to have caught on the Bollywood fever.
The plus point and what makes the movie watchable is that it is visually fascinating. 3D that actually feels like it really is 3 dimensional and the CGI, which comes as close to reality as possible makes it for an interesting watch. Although there is a lot of slaughtering in the final battle scene, there is only a lot of rubble and fire, which makes it bearable than the usual bloodshed.
Greek mythology has always fascinated me and this movie though doesn't do complete justice to it, definitely made me want to go home and look up on it. Wrath of the Titans is definitely better than its predecessor as it is more entertaining, it generated my interest, it is visually appealing and the music is also appropriately used. All that, with its glitches makes it at least a one-time watch for sure.