This is my second movie review of the year - I hope it is helpful. It is on the blockbuster movie Clash of the Titans. Coincidentally, you might realise, the lead actor, Sam Worthington, has also acted in Avatar, the movie on which I did my first movie review.
Ok, moving on to the movie synopsis. Perseus was born a demigod; half-man half-god. He was found by a fisherman in a coffin and was raised by the fisherman. One day, Perseus and his family passed by the towering statue of Zeus, the King of the Gods. They saw a group of human soldiers trying to collapse the statue and eventually brought down the gargantuan statue, a sign of declaring war on the gods.
Immediately, underworld creatures appear and start attacking the soldiers, followed swiftly by the God of the Underworld. Caught in the crossfire, Perseus' family's boat was capsized by Hades. After a desperate yet futile attempt to save his family, he fell unconscious on a piece of the driftwood from the wreckage of the boat.
Fortunately, Perseus was rescued by the surviving soldiers and brought back to the city of Argos. During the grand feast held in honour of the soldiers, the vain Queen of Argos boasted that her daughter the princess, was more beautiful than a goddess. In return, the evil Hades appeared, slaying all the soldiers who returned with his unearthly powers, but suprisingly Perseus was unaffected. Curious, Hades realises that Perseus was Zeus' son. Then he kills the Queen and offers Argos two options: sacrifice the princess or face massive destruction by the next eclipse, at the mercy of the Kraken.
The king requests for Perseus' help, who initially declines because he thought that he was no warrior. However, after a mysterious woman named Io explains to him that the only way to avenge his family was to kill Hades by killing the Kraken to weaken him. Eventually, Perseus agrees and embarks on a quest to locate the Stygian witches for help.
Along the way, Perseus and his ragtag group encounter the monster king Acrisius, enormous sand scorpions and friendly sand demons. The sand demons, named Djinns, tamed the scorpions to become their steeds. That was how the group reached the Stygian witches. After some conflict, Perseus knew that the only way to kill the Kraken was to obtain the head of Medusa, which could turn any living thing to stone at a gaze.
The group ventures into the Underworld, where Medusa lived. Through a nail-biting fight, only Perseus returned with Medusa's head. As he exits, he faces the dreaded Acrisius again. This time, he slays the monster king using a sword, which was a gift of the gods. Then Perseus returned to Argos via the Pegasus, another gift from the gods. He just managed to save the city in time and all was well.
Well, that was just a brief synopsis. For more information, I can say that the battle in the Medusa temple was the most anxious, nail-biting and action-packed. As compared to the 1981 film, this remake also has stunning special effects. Hence, this should be a real treat to catch.
