Percy Jackson : Sea Of Monsters

Percy Jackson : Sea Of Monsters is a 2013 american fantasy-adventure film based on the Rick Riordan novel of the same name.

Director : Thor Freudenthal

Producers : Micheal Barnathan, Chris Columbus, karen Rosenfelt

Writer : Marc Guggenheim

Stars : Logan Lerman , Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson

Country : United States

Language : English

Release Date : 7 August 2013 (USA)

Running Time : 106 minutes

Plot Summary

In this retelling of Rick Riordans book, "The Sea of Monsters", Percy Jackson, accompanied by his friends Annabeth Chase, Clarisse La Rue and Tyson, his half brother, goes on a journey to the Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece and save Camp Half-Blood.

Movie Review

Following the almost $226.5 million box office of the first Percy Jackson movie, the hero (Logan Lerman) has returned to save Camp Half-Blood, the training ground for Greek demigods and employer of the teacher-centaur Chiron (Anthony Head of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” at his Watcher-ly best, replacing Pierce Brosnan). When the magical tree that protects the camp is poisoned, Percy must retrieve the Golden Fleece to heal it.

Tagging along with Percy’s buds Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and the satyr Grover (Brandon T. Jackson) is Percy’s half-brother, Tyson (an appealing Douglas Smith), a shaggy Cyclops mocked by his peers. (Given the proclivities of their father, Poseidon, Percy and Tyson must have countless half-siblings.)

Also chasing the fleece are Clarisse (Leven Rambin, lending welcome astringency), the daughter of Ares, and Luke (Jack Abel), the embittered son of Hermes, back from the first installment, who intends to use the fleece to revive the dreaded Kronos, long-dormant leader of the Titans. The demis must traverse the Sea of Monsters (the Bermuda Triangle, that is) to reach an abandoned amusement park, the giant Cyclops Polyphemus and a Kronos resembling the walking volcano from “Wrath of the Titans.”

Regrettably absent here is Catherine Keener (as Percy’s mother), though Nathan Fillion (another “Buffy” alum), as Hermes, has amusing moments. “Sea of Monsters” is diverting enough — the director, Thor Freudenthal (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid”), is savvy with effects and keeps his young cast on point — but it doesn’t begin to approach the biting adolescent tension of the Harry Potter movies. Are there hints of another sequel? You bet your gorgon.

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