![]() 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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