Clash of the Titans is a mythological movie which takes place in Ancient
Greece.  It showcases the Olympian Gods, legendary creatures, and the
fantastic stop motion effects of Ray Harryhausen.  A woman and her son are
condemned to the sea by the King of Argos.  The Gods (Zeus in particular,
played perfectly by Mr. Olivier) are upset with this action, and unless the
Kraken (a giant 4-armed sea beast) to destroy the city of Argos.  The woman
and child are brought to a remote island, where the boy grows and becomes a
man.  He is Perseus, mortal son of Zeus, and he has a charmed life.

Meanwhile, Calibos, another son of a god, has been deformed by Zeus for his
evil acts, and now is hated and feared by his people.  And his preordained
marriage to the beautiful princess Andromeda has been called off.  He is
angry and wants revenge, and Andromeda, and any suitors of hers are
punished.

Perseus, with a little help from the gods, and an old playwright (Meredith),
travels to the city where he sees the lovely princess (and falls in love
with her) and witnesses her nightly abduction (or is it a dream?) by a giant
vulture carrying a cage.  Once Perseus finds Pegasus, the last of the winged
horses, he is able to follow the vulture, and finds that he travels to the
swamps where Calibos reigns.  Perseus defeats the monstrous Calibos and
returns triumphant to the city to take Andromeda's hand in marriage.
However, the god Thetis (Calibos's mother) is upset, and demands that the
virgin Andromeda is sacrificed to the Kraken, or the entire city will be
destroyed.

Perseus now has to find a way for a mortal to slay the giant sea creature,
and that leads him into many battles and adventures.  And it leads us the
viewers into Harryhausen's effects of giant scorpions, two-headed dogs, the
Stygian witches, a golden owl, and the horrific gorgon Medusa!

This is a great adventure, and one of the few films that takes place within
Greek mythology with the Gods and the monsters and the heroes.  It's a lot
of fun for the whole family, and even though the effects look aged in this
era of digital effects, they can still be appreciated and do not take away
from the film at all.
 
 
 
 

Quality: 5.0  Visuals: 7.5  Intensity: 5.5 
OVERALL RATING: 6.0