The 10 years that we are told at the beginning of Wrath of the Titans have passed since Perseus (Sam Worthington) defeated the Kraken may not seem like long enough, especially when you consider that it?s only been two since the Clash of the Titans remake was released, Kraken-like, on an unsuspecting populace. It was sufficient time, anyway, for Worthington to grow out his hair, so that in Wrath of the Titans he sports a soft cap of curls to go with his peaceful life among the humans. He?s lost a wife but gained a son and another pretext to propel a franchise whose fate was sealed once Avatar?s numbers started rolling in. That it was going to happen was certain; how it happened was of secondary concern.
Greek mythology feels particularly ill-used as a framework for narrative standards this low. Wrath (and who knows the source of the titular rage, they?re just mad, OK?) uses some of the names we now know third- or fourth-hand (I?m not sure where I?d be without The Mighty Hercules, which feels like an AP Classics course by comparison) and adds a few faintly recognizable accoutrements — Zeus?s thunderbolt, Pegasus — in what plays out as a generic ?save the world? plot. Demigod Perseus is being called back to the realm of the gods by his father, Zeus (Liam Neeson) to help stem the weakening of his powers caused by waning human devotion. Perseus?s jealous brother Ares (�dgar Ram�rez, from Carlos) had turned to the dark side and Hades (Ralph Fiennes) is still rotting in hell, along with his (and Zeus?s) father, Kronos, who is threatening to unleash his wrath on the world, presumably because his ?voice? is indistinguishable from that of an 8-year old burping the alphabet. I?d be mad too.…
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