Clash of The Titans

I have a soft spot for the original Clash of the Titans, with its Ray Harryhausen stop frame animation and hammy acting.

As Hollywood has run out of ideas and is now dredging through it's back catalogue or raiding your local comic book store for new stories.

Thanks to that we have a new big budget (though the FX don't represent this) version of Clash of the Titans from directorLouis Leterrier.

Leterrier is famous for the Transporter movies and the better of the two recent Incredible Hulk movies. So perfect for a movie that selo-tapes Greek mythology

together.

Man of the moment Sam Worthington (Avatar, Terminator: Salvation) is Perseus...all muscles and no brains and as wooden as the sets (if they where built and not generated).

This version has none of the charm of the original and the least said about Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes the better. This really is a turkey!

2/10

Shutter Island

Shutter Island is Martin Scorsese's latest. A thriller set on the eponymous 'Shutter Island' asylum. A murder mystery that sees

Leonardo DiCaprio US marshal sent to investigate.

Obviously something is fishy as the the asylum is run by (Sir) Ben Kingsley...

The movie has a few scares and is fairly tense and looks beautiful as you would expect with a Scorsese movie.

The closest movie to Shutter Island is Scorsese's own remake of Cape Fear. The sound track beats you into submission and constantly reminds you that you are watching a THRILLER!

I'm a huge Scorsese fan and have loved his past collaborations with Leo. However the biggest issue i have with this movie is Leo. He just isn't believable as an military man with a shadowy past, he simply isn't old enough and doesn't have enough age in his eyes.

It's no spoiler to tell you that the movie has a twist (the US marketing was based around telling you that the movie has a twist) So don't be shocked when you see the twist crashing towards you as loudly as the movies booming score.

7/10