Indeed, the one memorable laugh, a fleeting reference to the first movie's idiotic mechanical owl, will likely fly over much of the target audience's heads.Īn introductory sequence finds Perseus (played as an adult by Sam Worthington, looking buff but not blue fresh off 'Avatar'), the bastard child of Zeus, being rescued and raised by a kindly fisherman (Pete Postlethwaite). It's just that, as directed by Louis Letterier ('The Incredible Hulk') from an adaptation credited to a trio of writers, 'Titans' is both dark and busy visually, and nearly devoid of humor.

Olympus, sword-and-sandal derring-do and earnest utterances like 'Release the Kraken!' - which in some respects is part of the film's charm. There's always the risk of a camp factor when dealing with the denizens of Mt. Result feels mostly like a (very expensive) kids' pic, and international prospects appear more promising than domestic box office, which, after a muscular opening - with apologies to the gods - should be somewhat less than titanic. Influenced almost as much by 'The Lord of the Rings' as a 1981 namesake most notable for Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion effects, the technical upgrade doesn't improve the clunky mythological underpinnings, while the script ratchets up the man-vs.-the-gods quotient.

Even more haphazardly plotted than the original, 'Clash of the Titans' boasts 3D imagery and kinetic action that can't obscure a movie that is, finally, pretty flat.

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