Plot Summary
During the gods’ battle against the Titans, Hades created the Kraken, a fearsome monster that helped win the gods’ victory. Zeus and his brothers then divided the world amongst themselves: Zeus took the skies, Poseidon the seas, and Hades, deceived by Zeus, was left to rule the Underworld. Zeus later created the mortal humans, whose worship maintained the gods’ immortality. Over time, however, some mortals began to defy their creators. When the human king Acrisius leads a siege at Mount Olympus, Zeus has sex with his wife Danae, conceiving a demigod son, Perseus.
Upon discovering this, an enraged Acrisius locks the queen and her newborn child in a chest and throws them into the sea. Zeus retaliates by striking the king with a lightning bolt, which severely deforms him. Perseus and the now-dead Danae are found by the fisherman Spyros, who raises the baby with his wife Marmara. Eighteen years later, Perseus and his family watch as soldiers from the city of Argos destroy the statue of Zeus, declaring war on the gods. The soldiers are slaughtered by the Furies, who are controlled by Hades. Hades then destroys the family’s fishing vessel; Spyros and his family drown, with Perseus as the only survivor.
Found by another group of soldiers, Perseus is brought before King Kepheus and Queen Cassiopeia, who are celebrating their campaign against the gods. While their daughter Princess Andromeda disapproves of her parents’ rebellion, Cassiopeia furthers her boasts. The revelry is suddenly interrupted by Hades. He kills Cassiopeia by rapidly aging her, threatens to unleash the Kraken upon Argos in ten days unless Andromeda is offered to it as a sacrifice, and reveals Perseus’s godly heritage. Perseus meets Io, a mysterious woman cursed with immortality, who confirms his origin. Perseus, Io, and the King’s Guard led by Draco journey to the Stygian Witches, seeking a way to defeat the Kraken.
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Info & Stats
Director:
Louis Leterrier
Writers:
Travis Beacham, Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi
Stars:
Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes
Categories:
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Budget:
$125,000,000.00
Revenue:
$493,214,993.00
Age: PG13Â Â |Â Â Duration: 1h 46m
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