The 2010 "Clash of the Titans" 3D starring the same male lead Sam Worthington as Perseus was a flop, so they made the "Wrath of the Titans" to redeem themselves.
Liam Neeson reprised his role as Zeus, the Father of the Gods, and Ralph Fiennes, after playing the dark lord he-who-must-not be-named Lord Voldermort in the Harry Potter series, was Hades here once again. Initially on opposing sides, they eventually teamed up against their Father Kronos, the lava man.
Andromeda, the princess who was a damsel-in-distress in the former movie and was rescued by Perseus, is Queen in this movie, commands an entire army against the bad guys and is Perseus's new love interest. She was played by another actress Rosamund Pike in this recent movie. Sadly, the very beautiful Gemma Arterton is no longer in this movie.
The storyline is just so so here, and I still wasn't amazed by the sequel. I think there are too many of this kind of epic movies out there and the CGI scenes, such as those depicting the lava man and the battle against the minions are no longer unique. They are the norm and are starting to really bore me now.
It is one of those movies again. I know it sounds a tad condescending but it does remind me of "Clash of the Titans". There is always the hero, a princess, strange creatures and so on and an almost similar storyline to save a planet from destruction blah, blah, blah.
Having said that, I do enjoy it although I am not jumping out of my seat. Based on a series of 11 novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it tells the story of a former captain in the american civil war in the 1860s, who was mysteriously transported to Mars, known as Barsoom in the novels, after hiding in cave and found himself possessing superhuman powers because of the difference in gravity etc. He is able to make giant leaps and bounds with superhuman strength. On the downside, he can get hurt and die too.
There, he met strange creatures and the princess and set out to save her and her planet. As for the cast, there was the relative newcomer Taylor Kitsch, whom I remember as Gambit in the X-Men movie. Watch out for him in another upcoming movie "Battleship". Lynn Collins was the princess although I prefer Gemma Arterton in the "Clash of the Titans".
The ending wasn't quite complete and I guess this is another golden opportunity for a sequel if it proved to receive good box office ratings.
