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| Perseus and Pegasus take on Kronos, courtesy Warner Bros. |
There’s more clash but not much wrath in the latest sword, sandals and demigod flick, Wrath of the Titans.
Once again starring Sam Worthington as Perseus, half-god son of Zeus (Liam Neeson), the sequel to the 2010 pseudo-Greek mythology Clash of the Titans remake focuses on Worthington as a fisherman father attempting to live a life of peace with his son Helius (John Bell). But Perseus the Kraken-slayer is called back into action when Papa Z is betrayed and captured by his Uncle Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and half-bro Ares (Edgar Ramirez) in a plot to zap the daddy deity of his powers and resurrect uber-god Kronos.
Supposedly the human and godly race were already in danger of extinction by giant magma-man Kronos before the Hades/Ares team-up, so why the big K needed their help is sort of lost in the (lack of) details. But the thrust of the movie is that Perseus has to assemble a god-killing weapon and fight his way through mini-bosses (chimera, Cyclops, Minotaur, machai, oh my!) before a big showdown with Kronos. Along for the ride is another half-god Agenor (Toby Kebbell), Andromeda (Rosamund Pike) and Hephaestus (Bill Nighy).