Wrath Of The Titans IMAX Review

rating:3

If ravenous teenagers trying to kill each other and plasticine pirates haven€™t already lured you into your local cinema this weekend, then there€™s a chance that a certain sword and sandals sequel also has your consideration. Obviously, I€™m talking about Wrath Of The Titans and if it is on your radar at all, and it should be because it€™s a solid chunk of popcorn entertainment, then you may want to check out your nearest IMAX cinema to see it in all it€™s 3D glory. You can read a more in-depth review here http://whatculture.com/film/wrath-of-the-titans-review.php as I€™m going to focus the majority of my attention on the IMAX experience (though, I do feel that Mark's 3.5 stars are slightly generous and perhaps it€™s only the IMAX experience that elevates the film to those lofty heights€just€maybe€) The 3D argument is one that clearly isn€™t going to die down anytime soon, nor am I going to get into it now, but what I will say is that in the case of Wrath Of The Titans, it really made for a fun 90 minutes in the cinema, sucking the audience into the fantastical word of Perseus and Co. In fact, it€™s the exactly the sort of film that 3D is made for. Up on the giant screen at London Waterloo€™s IMAX cinema, the action scenes felt truly exhilarating and one sequence in particular that sees Zeus travel down to Hades underworld was particularly dizzying and thrilling. Adding to the fun factor, special mentions have to go to Toby Kebbell who€™s main purpose is to provide comedic relief- a task that he pulls off with consummate ease and charm- and Bill Nighy who probably steals the movie in a mere 10 minutes of screen time. I€™m also go to give special kudos to the absolutely terrifying Minotaur and the fact that rather than CGI him, he€™s created by the now old-school and almost defunct technique of make-up and prosthetics. He€™s like a scarier version of Tim Curry€™s Darkness in Legend and is sure to give a few children a nightmare or two. Oh, how I wish more modern film-makers would still go down this route as, properly done, it€™s still far more realistic than anything a computer can generate. Be warned: if you€™re going into Wrath Of The Titans looking for anything more than 90 minutes of enjoyable nonsense then you€™ll be looking for trouble as there is enough to irk you here if you let it. For example, some of the casting is just plain lazy- the far too plummy Rosamund Pike looks like she€™s walked into the wrong film and her underdeveloped Andromeda serves no other purpose than to look pretty and the only reason that I can think that Edgar Ramirez was cast as God of War Ares is that he was cheap. In fact, he probably did it for free. Whilst I€™m on the subject, John Bell as Perseus€™ son Helius is far too middle-class, when it would have made more sense to cast a child with same kind of dirt under the finger nails quality with which the sturdy Sam Worthington brings to every part he plays. But, like I said, if you can put all that to one side and just want to be entertained and wowed this week, then you can€™t go too far wrong with a trip to see this at your nearest IMAX cinema. A solid 3/5 in 3D at the IMAX and a not so solid 2.5/5 elsewhere.