There’s only really one question lurking in every geeky fanboy mind – how well does this stack up against an original version as semi-legendary as Sam Worthington’s protagonist. The answer – pretty well actually!
There’s definitely a sense of campy lunacy about things as Worthington’s Perseus is found and raised by an over-acting and bizarrely accented (for ancient Greece) Pete Postlethwaite, who decides to chuck in a nuanced, emotionally charged performance for some reason, despite being in a world where most of the second act is taken up by giant scorpions attacks…
