Why wrath of the titans

Available to download. This movie is German, English [Original]. German, English. More Like This. Coming Soon. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Wrath of the Titans. Clip Featurette Promo Photos Top cast Edit. Sam Worthington Perseus as Perseus. Liam Neeson Zeus as Zeus. Rosamund Pike Andromeda as Andromeda.

Ralph Fiennes Hades as Hades. Toby Kebbell Agenor as Agenor. Bill Nighy Hephaestus as Hephaestus. Danny Huston Poseidon as Poseidon. John Bell Helius as Helius. Lily James Korrina as Korrina. Alejandro Naranjo Mantius as Mantius. Freddy Drabble Apollo as Apollo. Kathryn Carpenter Athena as Athena. With the fate of the world in the balance, Perseus recruits allies in the form of his old friend Queen Andromeda Rosamund Pike and Poseidon's demigod son Agenor Toby Kebbell.

The trio sets out on a dangerous quest into the underworld to free Zeus, and stop the Titans from breaking free and wreaking havoc upon the world. Clash of the Titans was a somewhat underwhelming affair read our review , with its wooden acting, formulaic, video game-style progression, poor 3D conversion and action sequences that were more lackluster than thrilling. Wrath of the Titans is indeed an improvement upon its predecessor - but not by much.

The two ultimately prove to be on the same skill level average , but are slightly different in terms of their shortcomings. Where Leterrier's signature was stiff and contrived action choreography shot at medium range using wires harnesses and such, Liebesman opts for the same kind of shooting style he used in Battle LA - namely a claustrophobic, over-the-shoulder shaky cam perspective - which will immediately turn off a certain contingent of moviegoers.

The action sequences in the first film felt like overly-contrived dance routines, but in Wrath the action especially in the first half is a mix of blurry up-close movement and wider tracking shots that put the human actor in the foreground, running toward or away from some CGI creature in a green screen background. Stylistically speaking it's not very sophisticated, or believable. Thankfully Liebesman's guerrilla shooting style relaxes as the film moves into some of the bigger set pieces in the second and third acts, and Wrath of the Titans ultimately manages to end on a much stronger note than it begins, with some epic blockbuster sequences that make smart use of the film's much-improved 3D format.

Or the dozen surplus fireballs. Or too much noise. The characters, to be sure, are gods and not humans, but they are human-sized gods. Give it a moment's thought: What chance does your average muscular god have against the grinding stones of a labyrinth as large as a volcano? But hold on a second. Why, you may be wondering, are the Titans feeling wrathful? The seeds of their present discontent can be traced back a decade or two years in movie time to the events related in " Clash of the Titans " , where Perseus Sam Worthington defeated the Kraken and hopefully retired to raise his young son.

Perseus, you may recall, is a demigod, the son of Zeus Liam Neeson and a human mother. Or maybe you don't recall. Anyway, Perseus' retirement is not meant to be, because there is a crisis in the world of the gods. Humans are losing their faith in them, and the gods, no matter what you may have been led to believe, depend for their power on the faith of those who believe in them. I was reminded of Tinker Bell, and toyed with the notion of Perseus turning to the audience and asking, "Do you believe in gods?

Perseus, in any event, is not very fond of Zeus, who did, after all, rape his mother. But the time has come to take a larger view. Zeus is being held prisoner by Hades Ralph Fiennes , who hopes to usurp his power.