The three Titas, mid-mahjong game, hear the roar of military jets. Charito looks up, cigarette in hand, and says the film’s most quoted line: “Ay nako, not during my double shanties.” Then the explosions begin. It is both hilarious and horrifying.
The film also boasts an incredible ensemble cast that lent gravitas to the fantastical script. Harry Hamlin played the heroic Perseus with a boyish charm, but the supporting cast featured true Hollywood royalty. Burgess Meredith provided warmth and wit as the playwright Amman, while the legendary Laurence Olivier brought a divine, albeit temperamental, authority to the role of Zeus. The celestial politics of Mount Olympus, with gods playing with human lives like chess pieces, added a sophisticated layer to the monster-slaying action. furia de titas 1981