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Clash of the Titans (1981) poster

1981 · adventure · fantasy · action

Clash of the Titans

Directed by Desmond Davis1h 58m1981

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.

Our read: Clash of the Titans (1981) reads as a neutral, breathless, inventive adventure · fantasy · action entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Neutral, breathless, extreme adventure / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender.

ElsewhereIMDb6.949kRT65%Metacritic59
  • kinetic
  • intense
  • redemptive
  • epic-stakes
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How Clash of the Titans feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want classic stop-motion myth adventure with gods, monsters, and eighties charm.”

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 12attention 3/5earns its length
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