Rent Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
3.0 of 5 from 162 ratings
1h 41min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- The magical, mythical adventures of teenager Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) - son of the Greek god Poseidon - continue in this heroic, action-packed thrill ride! Out to prove he's not just a "one-quest wonder", Percy and his demigod friends embark on an epic journey into the treacherous Sea of Monsters, where they battle terrifying creatures, an army of zombies, and the ultimate evil. With time running out, Percy must find and bring home the fabled Golden Fleece, which has the power to save his world...and save us all!
- Actors:
- Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Brandon T. Jackson, Douglas Smith, Leven Rambin, Jake Abel, Anthony Head, Stanley Tucci, Connor Dunn, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Nathan Fillion, Alisha Newton, Bjorn Yearwood, Samuel Braun, Katelyn Mager, Mary Birdsong, Yvette Nicole Brown, Missi Pyle, Christopher Redman, Jordan Weller
- Directors:
- Thor Freudenthal
- Producers:
- Michael Barnathan, Karen Rosenfelt
- Voiced By:
- Ron Perlman, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Octavia Spencer, Craig Robinson, Hanna Frankel
- Writers:
- Marc Guggenheim, Rick Riordan
- Aka:
- Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Children & Family, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- Children & Family, Children's Books On Screen: Fantasy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/03/2014
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Tyson Motion Comic
- Deconstructing a Demigod
- Back to Camp Half-Blood
- It's All in the Eye
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/03/2014
- Run Time:
- 101 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Tyson Motion Comic
- Deconstructing a Demigod
- Back to Camp Half-Blood
- It's All in the Eye
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Reviews of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Critic review
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (aka Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters) review by George Hooper - Cinema Paradiso
Percy Jackson seems to be a series that has come out of nowhere, a duo of films aimed at a young audience but surprisingly has enough in them to entertain an older audience. In fact Sea of Monsters, the follow up to Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief is just as entertaining as it tightens up the supporting cast and sets Percy on a much more personal adventure with plenty of the thrills that made the first so surprising.
Sea of Monsters follows Percy (Logan Lerman) as he is sent on a quest to find the Golden Fleece, an incredibly powerful healing device needed to repair a mystical barrier protecting a village full of descendants of the gods. With the help of his best friends Grover (Brandon T Jackson) and Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario), Percy must find the fleece before an old enemy has the chance to reawaken a powerful titan with it.
Unlike the first instalment, Sea of Monsters isn’t weighed down by pointless side characters and cringeworthy backstory, it throws viewers right in and never lets up. It’s a rapid thrill ride through Greek mythology with some excellent CGI, entertaining actors and a story worth its mustard. However it never really rises above the fantasy kids film ceiling it has created for itself. It’s devotion to the what Chris Columbus has created has a sense of nobility to it but it ensures the movie lacks the guts to take any risks.
The classic hero vs villain story gets old and although Lerman is a fine actor, responsible for an award worthy performance in last years The Perks of Being a Wallflower, he can’t help the film when it finally runs out of juice just before the end. A cameo by Nathan Fillion as Hermes entertains (especially for any Firefly fans watching) and Anthony Stewart Head proves a better Chiron than Pierce Brosnan but most of the film belongs to Lerman who is a reliable lead but just not able to make Sea of Monsters anything more than a mindless action romp worth watching on a rainy day.