A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus - the demigod son of Zeus - is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus' godly son, Ares (Edgar Ramírez), switch loyalty and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans' strength grows stronger as Zeus' remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Poseidon's demigod son, Argenor (Toby Kebbell), and fallen god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy), Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.
I was really excited when I first saw the previews of this movie and was eagerly anticipating getting to see this in theaters. I'm very picky about the movies that I'm willing to pay to see on the big screen and with something that claimed to have such action packed scenes and awesome special effects - I just couldn't resist shelling out the $10. I'm not sure whether I was expecting this movie to surpass Clash of the Titans although I will say that I wasn't disappointed but it didn't truly blow me away either. It delivered on all of it's promises and the battles were much more elaborate than the the first film in my opinion although it almost felt too reminiscent of the first one. He had to go through his trials defeating a few foes to get to the big boss. I don't regret spending the money to see this movie and it was great to see the "Gods" have a bit more prominent role other than the occasional glimpses that CoT had. All in all it was a pretty good film and one that I would recommend to those that enjoyed the first film. Oh and I really hated his hair in this film, constantly distracted me - ugh. But that's just my personal taste. Hehe.
Thanks for the review, Kaylena. It's been a long time. I hope it will be the first of many.
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