( EW.com ) -- Everything is on fire in `` Wrath of the Titans . '' Sam Worthington , as the mighty Perseus ( otherwise known as the dude who slayed the Kraken ) , takes on a two-headed griffin-like creature that trashes a village with its incendiary breath . The spears and tridents that various warriors keep clutching glow in their fists like molten iron . And the film 's most deluxe monster is Kronos ( father of Zeus , Hades and Poseidon ) , who , after being overthrown and imprisoned , has now risen up in the form of a really , really gigantic giant made entirely of volcanic rock and ash , with humungous arms that disintegrate and reconstitute themselves as they throw off fiery streams of lava . For a movie that 's basically all warmed-over pseudo-mythology and special effects , `` Wrath of the Titans '' is certainly more fun , in its solemnly junky way , than `` John Carter . '' It may also be a little more fun than its cheeseball predecessor , the 2010 remake of `` Clash of the Titans . '' A lot of the digital effects are quite good , though that prompts me to ask : Why do the camerawork and editing have to be so jittery ? In the old days , movies used to invite us to sit back and gaze at monsters , to really drink them in . The beasts did n't need to be photographed as if we were watching `` Saving Private Kraken . '' The other limitation of `` Wrath of the Titans '' is that the dialogue is mostly made of wet cardboard . What there is of it consists of actors like Liam Neeson , Ralph Fiennes , and Ã‰dgar RamÃ­rez ( as the evil Ares ) staring at each other and saying `` You 're my brother and you betrayed me ! '' or `` You 're my son and you betrayed me ! '' We get it : The gods are losing their power , there 's a whole lot of betrayal going on , and this means , somehow , that the world is about to end . It 's up to Perseus to amass an army to fight Kronos and the forces of chaos . Maybe it 's just my imagination , but Sam Worthington seems to be getting slightly less stiff as an actor . He now smiles occasionally , and he 's at least risen to the soulful inexpressiveness of the young Ryan O'Neal . For a movie like `` Wrath of the Titans , '' which is basically `` Gladiator '' crossed with `` Lord of the Rings '' crossed with a special-effects demo reel ( call it `` Lord of the Rinky-Dink '' ) , he 's the perfect actor . And that 's because he never threatens to overshadow all that fire . B -- . See the full article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Sam Neill as the mighty Perseus in ` ` Wrath of the Titans '' A lot of the digital effects are quite good . Neill seems to be getting slightly less stiff as an actor .