Instead, things just keep getting heavier. If you’ve got Bill Nighy, for a god’s sake use him the narrative could easily have accommodated keeping him on the journey for far longer until, say, Hephaestus might have misremembered some detail of his design, leading to a comically resigned demise. The amusingly cranky Hephaestus represents a welcome relief from the other, uniformly self-serious sojourners, but he’s unaccountably knocked off almost as soon as he shows up, a major blunder by the filmmakers. They in turn are joined by one-time god of craftsmanship Hephaestus ( Bill Nighy), who, as its designer, is the only one capable of negotiating the complex labyrinth leading to the underworld. Enter Zeus’ half-human son Perseus ( Sam Worthington), who for a decade has been recovering from his battle with the Kraken by modestly working as a fisherman and being an exemplary single dad to son Helius ( John Bell).Īs so many versions of Greek myths and the gods’ actions existed even in ancient times, one can’t take issue with the way they’re employed by screenwriters Dan Mazeau, in his debut, and David Leslie Johnson ( Red Riding Hood) and co-story writer Greg Berlanti ( Green Lantern), other than to note that the gods here, claiming undue neglect by humans, behave like petulant mercenaries as anxious to fight as some kid might be to play a video game.Īfter a mettle-testing battle with the marauding Chimera, a notably aggressive flying, fiery-mouthed beast with two large heads and snapping snake’s head at the end of its tail, Perseus sets out to rescue Zeus along with Andromeda ( Rosamund Pyke, so delectably decked out in a snug-fitting leather outfit as to look like Katniss Everdeen’s older sister), and Poseidon’s wayward son Agenor ( Toby Kebbell, resembling a Russell Brand clone). Nothing if not unreliable, however, Hades has a change of heart and, allied with Zeus’ vicious son Ares ( Edgar Ramirez, replacing Tamer Hassan in the role), captures Zeus and proceeds to begin transferring the latter’s considerable powers to their restless dad. Buried deep and out of sight in particularly unfashionable part of the underworld called Tartarus is Kronos, imprisoned there by his sons Zeus, Hades and Poseidon ( Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennesand Danny Huston, all back and bearded for another nice payday). Greek mythology would amount to little were it not for abundant father-son conflict and this tale features two mighty generations of it.
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