Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is a 2013 American fantasy-adventure film based on the Rick Riordan novel of the same name.[4] It is a sequel to the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief and continues the adventures of Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) and his friends, as they search for the Golden Fleece at the titular Sea of Monsters to save an ailing magical tree that protects their home from foes. The film was released on August 7, 2013,[5] and was converted to 3D in post-production. As of August 25 the film has grossed over $110 million worldwide.
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Plot
At Camp Half-Blood, Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) meets his half-brother Tyson (Douglas Smith), who is a cyclops. The camp is later attacked by Luke Castellan (Jake Abel), who announces his plans to destroy Mount Olympus. Percy's mentor Chiron (Anthony Head) discovers that Luke has poisoned the magic tree responsible for the barrier that protects Camp Half-Blood, which Percy learns was created out of Thalia Grace (Paloma Kwiatkowski), daughter of Zeus, who was killed by a cyclops. Annabeth Chase (Alexandra Daddario) finds out that the Golden Fleece could restore the tree, and the camp's director, Dionysus (Stanley Tucci), sends Clarisse La Rue (Leven Rambin), daughter of Ares and Percy's rival, to find it. Percy then sets off with Annabeth, Tyson and Grover Underwood (Brandon T. Jackson) to locate the Golden Fleece on his own. Before they leave, the Oracle (Shohreh Aghdashloo) prophesies that a half-blood child of one of the three prime gods will fight Luke, and the half-blood will have the chance to either save Mount Olympus or destroy it. As Percy is the only known half-blood of the three prime gods (Tyson is not a half-blood because he is not half human), he assumes the prophecy must refer to him.The Graeae (Missi Pyle, Yvette Nicole Brown and Mary Birdsong) give the group the coordinates to the island and leave them in Washington, D.C., where Grover is captured by Luke's men, who need him to find the Fleece as satyrs are naturally drawn to it. Grover fears the cyclops Polyphemus (Robert Maillet), the creature that guards the Golden Fleece and uses it to lure in satyrs to eat. Percy, Annabeth and Tyson then meet Luke's father Hermes (Nathan Fillion), who tells them that Luke is in an ocean liner in the Atlantic Ocean called the Andromeda; he asks Percy to apologize on his behalf for being a bad father to Luke. Equipped with gifts of tape that makes things disappear and a thermos of wind from Hermes, Percy, Annabeth and Tyson take a Hippocampus to the Andromeda and end up being captured by one of Luke's soldiers, the Manticore (Daniel Cudmore), but escape using the magic artifacts. The trio eventually reaches the Sea of Monsters and is swallowed by Charybdis, meeting Clarisse in its stomach. She was given an old Civil War Confederate ironclad from her father to use on her quest, run by a crew of Confederate zombie soldiers, which has been somewhat modernized. They join forces to escape and reach Circeland, an abandoned amusement park above Polyphemus' lair, where they rescue Grover and retrieve the Golden Fleece before being confronted by Luke, who reveals his plans to use the Golden Fleece to awaken the Titan Kronos (Robert Knepper).
Tyson sacrifices himself to protect Percy from a crossbow bolt fired from Luke, who subsequently steals the Golden Fleece and awakens Kronos. Tyson then returns, having been revived in contact with water, and rescues the others. In the ensuing fight, Luke and Grover are swallowed by Kronos before Percy realizes his magic sword, Riptide, is prophesied to be Kronos' only weakness. Percy's sword swing send Kronos's body back, piece by piece, to the golden coffin which held his remains, and Luke becomes trapped in the hungry Polyphemus' lair. The Manticore mortally wounds Annabeth before being killed by Grover and Clarisse, and Percy uses the Golden Fleece to revive her.
Returning to Camp Half-Blood, the group uses the Golden Fleece to restore the tree, and are surprised when it revives Thalia and restores her body. While the others celebrate, Percy realizes that perhaps Mount Olympus' fate might rest on Thalia's hands, not his.
Cast
- Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson, the demigod son of Poseidon.[6]
- Brandon T. Jackson as Grover Underwood, Percy's best friend, a satyr.[6] Bjorn Yearwood portrays a younger Grover.
- Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth Chase, the demigod daughter of Athena and Percy's love interest.[6] Alisha Newton portrays a younger Annabeth.
- Leven Rambin as Clarisse La Rue, the demigod daughter of Ares.[7]
- Jake Abel as Luke Castellan, the demigod son of Hermes.[6] Samuel Braun portrays a younger Luke.
- Stanley Tucci as Dionysus the god of wine and director of Camp Half-Blood.[7]
- Nathan Fillion as Hermes, Luke's father; the god of thieves, travelers, and messengers.[8]
- Douglas Smith as Tyson, Percy's cyclops half-brother.[9]
- Paloma Kwiatkowski as Thalia Grace, the demigod daughter of Zeus.[10][11] Katelyn Mager portrays a younger Thalia.
- Anthony Head as Chiron, the activities director at Camp Half Blood. Chiron is a Centaur.[6] Head replaces Pierce Brosnan, who played the role in The Lightning Thief.
- Robert Maillet as Polyphemus, the Cyclops that owns Circeland and is guarding the Golden Fleece [11]
- Derek Mears and Aleks Paunovic as Cyclops.[12]
- Missi Pyle,[11] Yvette Nicole Brown[11] and Mary Birdsong[13] as the Graeae
Production
Reports of a second Percy Jackson film first surfaced in March 2011.[14][15] On October 12, 2011, a sequel was officially confirmed by 20th Century Fox.[16] Filming for Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters began on April 16, 2012. The film was originally going to be released on March 15, 2013,[17] but in May 2012, the release date was postponed to August 16, 2013.[18] In April 2013, a final release date was set for August 7, 2013.[19] Filming took place in Robert Burnaby Park in Vancouver, B.C.; however from June 20 to July 22, they filmed in New Orleans for Princess Andromeda scenes,[20] including the former site of Six Flags New Orleans.[21] On January 22, 2013, Logan Lerman released a statement on Twitter that read "Last day of shooting on Percy Jackson 2" accompanied by a photo of the shooting.[22]Marketing
Five official stills were released on March 21, 2013.[23] The first trailer was released on March 29 before showings of The Host.[citation needed] On April 2, the trailer for the film was uploaded on YouTube. A teaser poster was released on April 16. A second trailer was released on May 29, 2013. A third international trailer was released on the June 25, 2013, on YouTube. Since July 19, three TV spots have been released known as "Story", "Cast" and "Family". A scene was released on the internet on July 23, where it was later uploaded onto YouTube. Later many more new clips were released.Smart & Final stores in California, Arizona, and Nevada offered Hollywood Movie Money Certificate good for one free movie ticket with the purchase of two First Street Bakery items as part of the movie promotion.[24]
Box office
As of August 25, 2013, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters has grossed $48,346,000 in North America and $62,074,000 internationally for a worldwide total of $110,420,000.[3]The film grossed $5.4 million on its opening day, taking the number No. 2 spot at the domestic box office.[25] During its opening weekend the film debuted at the No. 4 spot and grossed $14,401,054.[26]
Reception
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters currently holds a 38% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 95 reviews, with an average score of 5/10 and the critical consensus reading "It's pretty and packed with action; unfortunately, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is also waterlogged with characters and plots that can't help but feel derivative."[27] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 39, based on 33 collected reviews, indicating "generally unfavourable reviews."[28]Jim Vejvoda of IGN rated the movie as 6.0 out of 10, awarding "There are worse sequels than the CG-heavy Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, but it's just such overly familiar territory."[29] Gary Goldstein from Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review, saying that "tweens and young teens should be sufficiently distracted by the movie's brisk pace and heroic mayhem — if they're not too unnerved by its at times nightmarish imagery.",[30] while James Rocchi from ScreenCrush says "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is hardly the stuff of legend, but by keeping the plot straightforward and the storytelling clean, it's an odyssey the intended young audience will be glad to take."[31] Marsha McCreadie on Roger Ebert's website gave the movie two and a half stars and called it "a gentler-spirited, less flashy enterprise, though it still presents a natural world that can morph at the whim of a god."[32]
In a negative review, Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter posted as the bottom line that "Buoyant effects help keep this sequel from being a noisily hit and myth proposition."[33] Bruce Ingram of Chicago Sun-Times thinks the movie has a "deficit of thrills" and faithful fans of the novels will be unhappy with the liberties taken with the adaptation like they were with the first film.[34] Some critics were merciless, like Josh Bell of Las Vegas Weekly who called the series "a thoroughly second-rate franchise" and said "with movies like Sea of Monsters, it can probably continue in acceptable mediocrity for years to come."[35] and Connie Ogle of The Miami Herald who says "In Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, choosing the dumbest character is a colossal task."[36]
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