Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters Reviews

More pretty good, if forgettable FX-driven franchise fodder...proficiently directed...also features the ever-surprising Stanley Tucci, who sports the latest in a long line of formidable movie wigs.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

If PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF gave a studio hope enough to jumpstart this franchise then PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS ensures that it 'sleeps with the fishes.'

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

The thin, silly story stretched into a showcase for visual and special effects left me even colder than the cinema (VMax 2, Event, Sydney)

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The vivid fantasy visuals provide wonderful imagery in this sequel about demi-gods and their quests, although to its detriment, the film is plot heavy and lacking in its emotional arc. It is pretty silly, too

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These are broad pulp action scenarios that feel sweet, well-worn, and kind of timeless.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

Only the brightest colors of the Crayola box are used, whether to sketch out the characters' motivations or illuminate the cartoony visual effects.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

A brisk and fun stand-alone adventure that again blends in clever nods to familiar Greek mythology as well as plants promising seeds for larger arcs.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

The most memorable scene doesn't showcase Confederate zombies or the reawakened Kronos but 'Firefly' star Nathan Fillion as Hermes, god of speed, dressed like a parcel messenger and bemoaning the fact that the best TV shows are 'of course, canceled.'

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is harmless fun, visually exciting and breezy enough to both enthral its tween audience and hold the attention of accompanying adults.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

Worthy adaptation of the Rick Riordan novel, and should set up the next installment in the series.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

With a complete change in creative personnel and adjusted expectations Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters is a noticeable improvement over the first adventure, but it's still awkward and unsure of itself.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10

It's great fun for kids

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

For the most part, the film's fusion of ancient myth and modern teen fantasy seems clumsy and forced, and the story's all-too generic quest narrative is muddled rather than engaging.

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Not in the same class as J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Sea of Monsters nevertheless is a passable late-summer action-fantasy-adventure for younger audiences.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/2

A smart, derivative load of Bulfinch, its director Thor Freudenthal has a name perfectly suited to link the mythical and the psychoanalytical.

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There can't have been a very big demand for a sequel to 2010's The Lightning Thief, but at least this is another adequate adventure for the teen demigods.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

What it had going for it, though,is that is has the Greek myths, which form the raw material of the story and have enthralled humankind for several thousand years.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

None of it's particularly unpleasant, it just smacks of zero effort: a cast and crew perpetuating the franchise solely because some number-cruncher decided it was worth the investment.

Full Review | Original Score: C

While Percy didn't give me a day-long headache like The Wolverine, accepting the extra [3D] dimension distracts from concentrating on who's who.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Scrappy and kind-hearted, with odd flashes of high camp - even if its universe of patchworked Greek mythological elements still makes little sense.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5