Clash of the titans
Millions of years ago when humans and gods didn’t exist in the universe, there lived a
supernatural entity called the Titans. They were the most powerful and divine creatures
but their reign was ended by their own sons; Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. The oldest brother
Zeus was the smartest of the lot. He convinced his brother Hades to create a beast with his powers;
a beast so strong and evil that it could defeat their parents. From Hades’s flesh, the
unspeakable horror of Kraken was born who ended the Titans and gave immense power to the brothers.
During the distribution of their parents’ powers, Zeus gets to be the god of the heavens,
and Poseidon gets to be the god of the sea, but Hades is tricked by Zeus into being the bearer
of the trauma and sadness of the underworld. Next, Zeus creates humans whose prayers keep
him and other gods immortal. At the same time, Hades uses humans’ fear to gain powers. However,
as time passes, war and suffering multiply in the world that Zeus thought was perfect.
People start questioning why their father would put them through such a hell and their trust in
god starts to fade, hinting towards a terrifying thought of a battle between gods and the mortals.
The scene changes to a poor fishing man sailing through a dangerous sea storm.
Far away in the dead of the sea, he sees a coffin-like box floating
towards him. He somehow fishes it into his boat and comes across a horrifying
sight. Inside the coffin is the corpse of a mother holding her newborn baby,
who is fortunately still alive. The fisherman takes the baby boy into his arms and swears
to protect and feed him. Somewhere nearby, a mysterious woman is watching them intensely.
When the kid grows up to be a teen, the fisherman’s wife gets pregnant. While the
boy is afraid his father will forget him after holding his own blood in his arms,
he is assured that their bond is stronger than any relation by blood. Time passes and
the kid one day becomes a brave fisherman named Perseus. He has a little sister who he loves more
than anything in the world and a loving family of four. By now, human rebellion against the
gods has multiplied. Several nations have burned sacred statues, led forces to Olympus, and stopped
praying altogether, all of which have posed a great threat to the lives of the immortals.
One afternoon, Perseus with his family is on his boat traveling a long way to fish. However,
even after hours of trying, their nets come back empty. His father blames the gods for punishing
them with hunger and starvation while his mother claims that at least they are blessed with life.
Perseus stands neutral to the conversation as his only concern is his starving family. Suddenly,
they see a massive statue of Zeus being attacked by some men. They are soldiers of the country
named Argos whose king has ordered them to knock down the statue. After the massive art
of concrete falls, there is a moment of silence before something starts moving in the water.
All of a sudden, bat-like humanoids soar up to the sky and kill the soldiers one after another.
Perseus and his family watch in horror, too afraid to move and grab the birds’ attention. When the
killings stop, the birds merge into one and transform into Hades, the god of the underworld
himself. There to punish the foolish who dared to disrespect his brother, Hades’s eyes land
upon the boat Perseus is in. He pushes it with a slight force sending the entire family into the
sea. Perseus tries his best to get his loved ones out but in the end, he is the only survivor left.
In the following scene, a rescue team from Argos arrives and brings Perseus to the
palace. Although he was the only surviving one from the fight, the king sees it as a
victory and orders his men to celebrate. The queen, going along with her husband,
calls herself the god and insults Zeus with her harsh judgment. Before she knows it,
the terrifying Hades appears in front of them and sucks the beauty and youth out of her.
Perseus tries to foolishly attack him, angered about his family’s death but a woman stops him.
Since human fear feeds Hades’ power, he doesn’t want to simply kill everyone in
the palace. Instead, he gives them a choice; they offer their beautiful princess as a sacrifice to
him or the unspeakable horror of Kraken will be freed upon Argos. After announcing that
the king has the next ten days to decide, Hades turns towards Perseus. He freezes
for a second and calls him the son of Zeus before disappearing.
Perseus doesn’t know what to make of his words but everyone else figures out that he is a demigod;
the offspring of a god and a human. He is thrown in prison and tortured,
in hopes that he will find a way to save the city. The kind-hearted princess tries to stop
the soldiers. She is happily ready to sacrifice her life if it means that her people will get
to live but the king doesn’t want that. In the next scene, a woman is allowed to meet Perseus
in prison. She is the same mysterious woman who was around when the fisherman found Perseus and
the same one who stopped him from attacking Hades earlier. She introduces herself as Io,
a mortal who once refused the advancement of a god and was cursed to never age or die.
It hardly seems like a curse but Io explains that she had to watch all her loved ones die
and live on without them. Since she has been alive for almost a thousand years,
she knows everything about Perseus, his mother, and the story of how they ended up in the sea.
Several years ago, the rebellion king of a country led a large army toward Olympus, angering the
gods. Zeus, who loved humans as his own, didn’t want to kill them so he thought of making an
example of the king instead. Disguised as the king, Zeus went to the queen and made love to her.
When the king returned from the battle, he found his wife impregnated by his worst enemy. Burning
with rage, he put her into a coffin and threw her into the ocean where she gave birth to Perseus.
Perseus finally has answers to how his life came to be and now,
his only goal is to kill Hades for revenge. Io explains to him that if he kills Kraken,
Hades will be at his weakest which is his best chance to kill him. And so,
Perseus joins the Argosian soldiers on their journey to find and kill the Kraken.
Time passes quickly and on the fourth day of their journey,
the chief in command asks Perseus if he knows how to use a sword. He is given a
little demonstration before being attacked out of the blue. Perseus falls at first but quickly
catches up and surprises everyone. Given his natural born talent in sword fighting,
he is told that he indeed has the flesh of a god. Then, we are introduced to Perseus’s stepfather,
the king who is now living as a peasant in a dark cave. Hades approaches the man and
reveals that he is working in Zeus's favor to gain his trust and strike him at his lowest.
Since the former king also wants Zeus dead, he is ready to do anything to make Hades happy. Hence,
the god of the underworld turns him into a demon and sends him to kill Perseus.
Somewhere else, as the soldiers take shelter for the day, Perseus wanders off into the jungle and
finds a sword anda bunch of flying horses. They were sent to him by his father Zeus who wants his son to have a fair chance at winning. However, Perseus refuses both the sword and the pure black
horse sent for him. Suddenly, he hears a soldier cry for help and discovers the demon sent by Hades
is here to kill everyone. He leaps at Perseus with a deadly strike but the hero is fast to defend
himself. The soldiers join him and overpower the demon, cutting off his left hand and urging him to
flee. They quickly follow him behind but have to split into two groups to look for him. The demon
disappears but instead, the soldiers are attacked by a giant scorpion living under the sand.
A fierce battle ensues, ending the lives of many soldiers one after another. At one point,
Perseus is almost stung but is saved at the right time by Io. Just when the scorpion dies and they
think they have won, they are surrounded by many more ever bigger scorpions. The soldiers get ready
to fight again and are surprised when the giant creatures stop in their tracks. One of them points
towards a figure standing nearby who happens to be Djinn. They are the creatures who were once
humans but are now charcoal placed in a human form and bonded with black magic. The commander
doesn’t trust them but he agrees to receive help for the night. Suddenly, Perseus’s falls
to the ground groaning because of his injured arm which has been infected by Hades’ venom.
In his tent at night, the leader of the Djinns uses black magic to heal the arm.
The soldiers misjudge him which causes a small brawl but the Djinn explains that his kind has
been waiting for ages to see gods fail and Perseus is their only chance. In the morning
they ride the scorpions through the desert and reach the garden of Stygia by evening.
Perseus finds out this is the place where the Kraken defeated the Titans. They go
deeper into the deserted place to meet the Stygian witches who know the secret to kill
Kraken. Io warns Perseus to be careful and ask the witches only what he needs to know.
They go into a cave where they see three gruesome witches, one of them carrying
an eyeball that helps them all see. The smell of fresh human blood makes them attack the soldiers
but Perseus gets ahold of their eyeball and uses it as leverage to free his mates. The witches then
finally reveal that the only way to kill Kraken is through the demoness Medusa. Long ago, the god of
the sea Poseidon liked a beautiful Medusa and took advantage of her. She prayed to the goddess Athena
for help but instead, the goddess was repulsed by her. Hence, Medusa was cursed to never be seen by
any living creature; anyone who gets a look at her face will turn into stone, including Kraken. Not
long after, the group sets off to the underworld to look for the prison Mesuda is in. On their way,
Perseus runs into his father Zeus who offers him to come to heaven and live a happy life.
Perseus refuses the offer but accepts a gold coin Zeus gives him as a departing gift.
In the following scene, the group is in front of the sea that leads them to the underworld.
The Djinn bribes the ferryman using Perseus’s coin and as a result, they are taken right to
Medusa’s prison. Io has to stay outside because only men are allowed inside the prison but she
warns them that no man has ever made it out. As the group enters the prison, they immediately hear
a feminine chuckle. Perseus tells everyone to keep their eyes down and guard up. Suddenly, arrows
begin flying their way, hitting the commander on his chest and before they know it, they are being
attacked by the demoness. Perseus almost falls into a pit of fire but is able to save Djinn and
himself at the right time. As they are looking for the rest of the group, Medusa troubles two of the
young soldiers. Both of them mistakenly take a glance at her face which costs them their lives.
Next, she catches Djinn and tries turning him into stone but because of his black magic,
he is able to attack her a last time before dying. The commander takes this
opportunity to stab her tail before he is also turned into a stone. Finally,
taking advantage of her weakened state, Perseus beheads her with his sword.
An anxious Io sees Perseus come out with the bag of Medus’s head and is ecstatic. But her
happiness doesn’t last long because she is stabbed to death seconds later by Perseus’s
stepfather. Before dying, Io gives Perseus the sword he was gifted by Zeus. He finally uses it
to defeat the demon and accepts the flying horse as well. At the same time in Olympus, Hades comes
to Zeus to ask for permission to unleash Kraken. Hoping that his children will pray to him again,
Zeus allows Hades to do as he pleases. Back in Argos, the people have formed a cult to sacrifice
the princess so the Kraken takes her instead of them. The massive beast is released and begins
shaking the city of Argos. Zeus hurriedly asks his brother to stop the chaos because he thought
the prayers would help him but his children are instead scared. Hades laughs at his brother,
claiming that he has been a fool and that the people’s fear is fueling him.
Subsequently, the princess is hung by a bridge as a sacrifice but the beast
doesn’t just take her as the people imagined. The humanoid bats are set
free to kill anyone they please. The Kraken emerges from the sea and is about to attack
the princess when Perseus arr
ives and climbs up the bridge with Medusa’s head.
The Massive beast turns to stone and with it, Medusa and the princess also fall into the sea.
Before Perseus can do anything, Hades appears in front of him in his weakest state. Perseus uses
his magical sword to strike at his uncle which sends the god back to the underworld where he
is locked for eternity. Finally, Perseus saves the princess and brings her to the
shore. She thanks him and promises to serve the nation as a competent queen. In the last scene,
Zeus comes to meet his son, allowing him the choice to remain a human for the rest of his
life. The movie ends as he gives his son a special gift by bringing Io back to life.
