Ugh, this was such a terrible movie. It was so instantly forgettable, I meant to write about it last weekend and couldn't even come up with the name. Also, it's a sequel to that horrible 2010 Clash of the Titans remake that was just godawful on its own so I have no idea why this movie was even made.Perseus (Sam Worthington) has given up the hero business and settled down to raise his kid (John Bell) as a fisherman, but Zeus (Liam Neeson) can't stop bothering him about his destiny. Then Zeus is captured by his other neglected son, Ares (Edgar Ramirez), and his brother, Hades (Ralph Fiennes), because the latter two have decided to free the titan Cronos. Perseus must find his way to the center of Tartarus in order to save Zeus and recover the original three weapons that brought Cronos down the first time.
This is very much a story about fathers and sons. Being neither of those things, I was less invested in any of the characters. Representation is non-existent here. There are three speaking parts for women, all heavily leaning into tropes. There's the wise crone dispensing advice, the silly young woman who fucks up by accident, and the beautiful, nominally independent woman who nevertheless spends 90% of the movie falling down and being rescued by the hero. Another one for the trash heap of history.
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