Wrath of the Titans
Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: March 30, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
37
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
18
Negative:
10
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Total FilmJames MottramMar 29, 2012
Leaner, meaner, and far superior to 2010's Clash cock-up. From top-grade 3D to a multitude of monsters and a welcome influx of acting talent, this is pure popcorn pleasure. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 28, 2012
An improvement. Not a gigantic leap forward for cinema but, armed with a new director, a new story and the return of a trying-harder Worthington and good ol' Liam Neeson as a put-upon Zeus, a marked upgrade in quality. Read full review
67
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallMar 31, 2012
An imagined conversation between Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes, after the premiere of Wrath of the Titans... Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMar 29, 2012
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 (Worthington) the perfect actor. Read full review
60
TimeRichard CorlissMar 29, 2012
Wrath of the Titans, like its predecessor, is a slightly-better-than-OK mashing of one of history's great literary troves: the Greek myths. Read full review
60
VarietyAndrew BarkerMar 28, 2012
It's a mess too, but it's far more defensible as a lazy Sunday lark for those who have just recently outgrown action figures. Read full review
55
MovielineMichelle OrangeMar 29, 2012
It would be a real shame, with this much money and this many effects artists, if there were not a few purely visual wows. Wrath manages exactly two, and not where you might expect. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMar 31, 2012
For those with a burning curiosity to know how "The Lord of the Rings" as directed by Michael Bay might look, Wrath of the Titans provides an idea. This is epic fantasy for teenage boys as only Hollywood can do it: with plenty of grotesque monsters and big explosions replacing characters and narrative. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithMar 30, 2012
Wrath of the Titans suggests a franchise that isn't trying very hard, and I don't really expect a sequel. But if it does happen, I fear it'll be even less of an event: "Tiff of the Titans." Read full review
50
The New York TimesAndy WebsterMar 29, 2012
At least it doesn't take itself too seriously. There are also soldiers, fireballs, smoke and sand. But not much to think about when the dust clears. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 29, 2012
This is a movie in which whole sequences consist of nothing but guys fighting stiff computer images. Such scenes would be boring even were they done well, but these scenes aren't done well. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTom RussoMar 29, 2012
The moments that elevate Wrath above the routine are right in line with Liebesman's "Battle: Los Angeles'' high points: frenetically shot u-r-there combat sequences that feel like the real thing. Read full review
50
St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsMar 29, 2012
Considerably better looking than its predecessor, but it's spewing the same old gibberish. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertMar 28, 2012
Wrath of the Titans relentlessly wore me down with special effects so overscale compared to the characters in the film that at times the only thing to do was grin. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriMar 31, 2012
Wrath at least has the good sense to try to have a little fun with its mince-myth premise. It's better than Clash, but it's still not particularly good. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawMar 29, 2012
Bill Nighy and Toby Kebbell liven things up in the supporting cast. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternMar 29, 2012
Some of the action sequences, and a few of the performances, are enjoyable enough to make up for the dialogue, which has been upgraded to cheerfully absurd, and the plot, which has been simplified to the point of actual coherence. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfMar 29, 2012
All of them slog through countless boring sword-and-sandal skirmishes, none of which feel remotely suspenseful, until the hugeness of it all becomes a mildly passable joke. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMar 29, 2012
The biggest fault is that comparatively little attention is given to the monsters. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineNick SchagerMar 28, 2012
Wrath of the Titans delivers blockbuster bluster with single-minded blandness. Read full review
40
EmpireHelen O'HaraMar 28, 2012
If even a tenth of the care and attention lavished on the production design and action sequences had been afforded the script, this could have been an adventure of legendary proportions. As it is, this fizzles whenever anyone opens their mouths. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMar 28, 2012
This is a relentlessly mechanical piece of work that will not or cannot take the imaginative leaps to yield even fleeting moments of awe, wonder or charm. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Staff (Not credited)Mar 29, 2012
Ye gods, there's a lot of hacking and many seismic eruptions in The Wrath of the Titans, the latest 3-D action film that treats the Greek gods as action figures. Read full review
38
USA TodayClaudia PuigMar 29, 2012
Somewhere amid the mind-numbing barrage of action sequences there's a story based on Greek mythology. But its essence is buried amid the clatter. Read full review
38
Philadelphia InquirerDavid HiltbrandMar 29, 2012
Rarely has a film so equally balanced macho and nacho, but Wrath does leave us with a few valuable lessons: a.) fratricide is a nasty business, best left to the Greeks and b) fighting fire with fire may sound good, but it turns out to be a really stupid idea. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMark HolcombMar 31, 2012
What it lacks are the very elements that made the first movie such a surprise: wit and nerve. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenMar 29, 2012
The film lacks inspiration or zest in storytelling, performance or action. This is pure product, a movie desperately without energy or enthusiasm of any kind. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovMar 28, 2012
I've always said, "If you've seen one god, you've seen them all," and Wrath of the Titans only serves to underscore my point. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversMar 30, 2012
This feeble followup to 2010's godawful "Clash of the Titans" sucketh the mighty big one. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinMar 29, 2012
Wrath Of The Titans is shopworn and derivative even by the degraded standards of contemporary blockbuster filmmaking. Read full review
12
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanMar 29, 2012
The only reason you'll feel any wrath is because you shelled out 12 bucks for this steaming bucket of half-baked plot, cliched dialogue and disappointing 3-D special effects. Read full review
0
Slant MagazineJaime N. ChristleyMar 28, 2012
Made possible by the half a billion dollars Clash of the Titans garnered worldwide, Wrath of the Titans sputters and coughs on the fumes of its own inevitability. Read full review
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