Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
Certified: PG
Duration: 107 minutes
Directed by: Thor Freudenthal
Starring: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Leven Rambin, Jake Abel, Stanley Tucci, Nathan Fillion, Douglas Smith, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Anthony Head
KRS release

Logan Lerman is back as Percy Jackson, a demigod from Greek mythology in the modern world, where he is the half-blood offspring of Poseidon, the god of the sea and a human woman.

In the first film he had saved Mount Olympus and he feels special since he is the only offspring of one of the three main gods and Camp Half-Blood, the school for mythological offspring. The school is run by Mr D (Stanley Tucci).

Present also is Grover (Brandon T. Jackson), a satyr who is Percy’s friend, and Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) who is Athena’s daughter.

Enter into the scene Tyson (Douglas Smith) who is also quite special. He is a cyclops and Percy’s half brother.

The dislike between him and Annabeth is instantaneous. Cyclopses had killed her friend years back and caused her to be turned into a tree. The tree is still alive and protects the camp with its force field.

Things turn sour when Luke Castellan (Jake Abel), Hermes’s son, shows up with the news that there is a prophecy that spells doom and involves Percy. The tree is dying and so Mr D sends Clarisse La Rue (Leven Rambin), daughter of Ares, the god of war and perennial rival of Percy Jackson, to the Sea of Monsters to get the Golden Fleece and save the tree.

Percy believes that he should be the one to get the Golden Fleece and sets off with Grover, Annabeth and Tyson but here he ends up having his friend Grover kidnapped. A monster is about to be unleashed that could spell the end for all.

My kid is at the moment going through the Percy Jackson books and, inevitably , I ended up getting caught up in the euphoria of Rick Riordan’s books and his take on Greek mythology.

Chris Columbus’s 2010 adaptation of the first film had been a rollicking adventure with decent special effects that had elucidated the influence of the Harry Potter movies released for young adults.

Sea of Monsters continues in the same vein and will end up pleasing anyone who is a fan of the books and also of the first film.

Under Thor Freudenthal’s direction, Sea of Monsters emerges as an improvement on the first movie since he has a good hold on the film’s tale. While the Harry Potter influence is still strong, he does manage to give the film its own sense of identity.

This instalment is more polished and much more of a finished article than the first film. Sea of Monsters has a more immersive feel to it that was sometimes absent from the first movie where the story had taken second place to the animation.

The film has sequences that range from the spectacular to the bizarre.

Overall the mood and atmosphere is busy and energetic with something always going on to keep the film moving as a very exciting and rollicking adventure.

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