Clash of the Titans (2010)

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Actors: Liam Neeson , Jason Flemyng , Ralph Fiennes , Pete Postlethwaite , Danny Huston , Tamer Hassan , Liam Cunningham , Sam Worthington , Polly Walker , Hans Matheson , Vincent Regan , Gemma Arterton , William Houston , Izabella Miko , Jamie Sives , Nicholas Hoult , Mads Mikkelsen , Alexa Davalos , Ian Whyte , Luke Treadaway , Kaya Scodelario , Luke Evans , Nathalie Cox , Robert Roman Ratajczak , Martin McCann , Peter W. Kelley , Natalia Vodianova , Ross Mullan , Tine Stapelfeldt

Director: Louis Leterrier

IMDB Rate: 6 out of 10 (28956 votes)

Plot Summary:Release the Kraken! Ah, it could only be Clash of the Titans, the 2010 remake that retains the instruction to unleash the great beastie from the sea. The 1981 original boasted Ray Harryhausens legendary stop-motion technique of animating various mythological creatures--it was his final feature project--and given the cornball approach of the movie in general, that was the main draw. The remake supplies new state-of-the-art special effects (released in 3-D) and a nicely muscular sense of momentum. Sam Worthington (the Avatar guy) plays Perseus, a demigod who doesnt know that Zeus (Liam Neeson) is his father. Perseus is selected to lead an expedition to find and slay the Medusa, lest Zeuss evil brother Hades (Ralph Fiennes, in fine slinking mode) rain down misery upon a seaport--and you just know that means the Kraken is coming. Ye gods, its a mess, and we havent even mentioned the witches and the harpies and the giant scorpions. But if we did, it would be clear that Clash of the Titans is a perfectly dandy popcorn epic, unpretentious and punchy. Director Louis Leterrier (Transporter 2) gets a fine rhythm going during Perseuss trek, and you can even forgive the hokey shafts-of-light-through-clouds look of Olympus. Leterrier also had the good sense to import the marvelous Danish star Mads Mikkelsen to provide mentoring duties to Perseus Gemma Arterton and Alexa Davalos fulfill the eye-candy roles. Its up to individual viewers to choose which they prefer--Harryhausens magically hand-wrought creations (his Medusa sequence is an absolute killer) or the 21st centurys slick computer-generated variations. But nostalgia aside, it would be hard to deny that this is one case where the remake tops the original.