Review of Wrath of the Titans

Wrath of the Titans is 2012 fantasy and sequel to the 2009 Clash of the Titans. The film stars Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Danny Huston, Edgar Ramirez, Bill Nighy, Toby Kebbell and directed by Jonathan Liebesman. It is well known that Clash of the Titans wasn't the greatest recieved film ever made, personally I enjoyed it, the action in it was fun, it was the pacing and story that let it down. The meaning of this film, is to bring back the audience and gather enough support to revive the franchise so that they can go ahead with the planned sequel named Return of the Gods.

To begin, I am just going to state that I enjoyed Wrath of the Titans, it was everything that the first film wasn't. The action was toned up, there are better characters, better villains, better story and much better 3D. However, it inherits the same problems as its predecessor, and these are poor pacing, poor characters development and poor story. Although the story was better than that of Clash of the Titans, but it was still a simple story, you never have to think about what's going on, and everything happens as you would expect it to, there was few surprises to engage the audience. The pacing was also too fast, just as in the first film, everything moves very fast, and although this keeps the action flowing almost constantly, and this results in poor character development.

On the subject of the cast, Sam Worthington was just as good as he was in the first one (plus slightly more likeable), Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are again both good as the Gods, they're both great actors and they work together really well in this project and the introduction of another great actor, Bill Nighy and also Edgar Ramirez into the God family, just builds up what was already a likable ensemble. The fast pacing of the film means that smaller, but still important characters, like Bill Nighy as Hephaestus, don't have enough screen time to develop their characters and make a lasting impression. If they do go ahead they need to slow it down, improve on the story and concentrate on the scenes that really matter.

Moving onto special effects, everything looks great, simple as (maybe with the exception one particular creature). The CGI blends in well with everything and the 3D was far far better than in Clash of the Titans. I mean there was actually jump out of the screen 3D, which is nice to see after so much rubbish 3D film which have been coming out recently.

There's a lot wrong with this film, so it'll be a struggle for them to gather enough support for a third installment, but there's also a lot that makes it a fun experience. Some examples of this being the action sequences, each one of them being difference, which keeps the film fresh throughout. With this type of film, story almost doesn't matter, the audience goes for the action, the gritty close quarter fights, man vs Gods and Gods vs other Gods. My main complaint with the action is that the final fight sequence with Kronos is almost too similar to that against the Kraken in the first film. I hope they do manage to make a third film, but they will have to rectify a few things in order to make it a success. When I consider the film as a whole given all its factors, I'd give this film a 7.5/10.