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Short Take: Solid action - solid story - solid movie

Director: Joe Carnahan (Smokin’ Aces, Narc)

Screenwriters: Joe Carnahan (Narc), Skip Woods (Swordfish), Brian Bloom

Cast: Liam Neeson (Taken), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), Jessica Biel (Powder Blue), Sharlto Copley (District 9), Patrick Wilson (Watchmen), Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

Length: 1h 57m

Synopsis: Four ex-Army Rangers meet coincidentally (named Hannibal (Neeson), Face (Cooper), Murdock (Copley), and B.A. Baracus (Jackson)) and form a tight-knit group dubbed the Alpha Team when they reinstate themselves back into the armed forces. Several years pass and their specialty becomes accomplishing seemingly impossible missions, which come around somewhat regularly. During one of these missions things get irrevocably out of control, and the team is framed for and convicted of treachery. Disbanded and incarcerated, the team must find a way to get back together and clear their names by figuring out who crossed them and how to bring them to justice. Read the rest of this entry »

Short Take: Has eye candy galore, but is also intriguing

Director: Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk)

Screenwriters: Travis Beacham (Dog Days of Summer), Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi (Aeon Flux)

Cast: Sam Worthington (Avatar, Terminator: Salvation), Liam Neeson (Batman Begins), Ralph Fiennes (The Reader), Jason Flemyng (Kick-Ass), Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace), Alexa Davalos (The Mist)

Length: 1h 58m

Synopsis: Cassiopeia (Polly Walker), Queen of Argos, has insulted the Gods by claiming that her daughter Andromeda’s (Davalos) beauty is even fairer than them. Hades (Fiennes), brother of Zeus (Neeson), uses this discretion to his advantage by condemning the whole city to death by way of the Kraken as punishment. The only way to keep the Kraken from destroying the whole city is by sacrificing Andromeda to the beast come an impending solar eclipse, however Perseus (Worthington), mortal son of Zeus, and a faction of soldiers make use of their time by searching for a way to kill the Kraken. Their journey is perilous and arduous, but the risk is worth the reward as they could potentially put an end to the Gods’ torments. Read the rest of this entry »

Sam Worthington as Perseus, son of Zeus

Empire magazine has released a couple of new photos of 2010′s big-budget adventure film Clash of the Titans, which stars Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, and Ralph Fiennes.

The film is somewhat of a remake of the 1981 Desmond Davis classic, however the story has been drastically rewritten. In the 1981 film, the Goddess Thetis (Maggie Smith) continually attempts to kill Perseus (Harry Hamlin), the favored son of Zeus, for keeping her monstrous son Calibos (Neil McCarthy) from marrying the beautiful Princess Andromeda (Judi Bowker). However it has been said that the newer film is about Perseus’ (Worthington) efforts to kill Hades (Fiennes), God of the Underworld, before he can usurp power from Zeus (Neeson) and control the world.

Other photos are available on the Clash of the Titans (2010) IMDb page.

Source: ComingSoon.net