Clash of the Titans (2010)
What people remember most about the original Clash of the Titans (1981) is the ropey stop motion special effects, here they have been replaced by lashings of CGI and the modern trend for fast cutting. Sam Worthington stars as the demi-god son of Zeus who wants to get some revenge on the gods for the death of his family.
The plot of this remake is a substantial departure from the original and again departs fairly heavily from the actual Greek myth of Perseus. I do wonder if some Christian themes have managed to sneak into the film which is supposed to be about the Greek pantheon but the plot is not especially interesting and pretty much just serves to keep a block buster going as you would expect.
Where CGI has replaced stop motion there are some great visuals as does the varying landscape but the direction does not set the world on fire with flash cutting during action sequences. Essentially this is 106 minutes of nice images that you can turn your brain off for and enjoy.
3/5 I am sure there is the potential for a great movie in here but this is an average re-imagining.
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