Robert Roten said in his review, “The story concept is
very similar to the Harry Potter films and the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” TV
series.” Like those stories, here is a youthful hero born with great power and
great responsibility. You also have a magical world which is combined with the
world we know and is kept secret from the non-magic people. Anthony Head from “Buffy
the Vampire Slayer” is in this film as Chiron the centaur.
Percy Jackson, reprised by Logan Lerman, saved
everyone in the first film but he can’t get any respect from the other demigods
at the training grounds. He is often made fun of by the daughter of Ares,
Clarisse La Rue, played by Leven Rambin. His friends are a satyr, Gover
Underwood (Brandon T Jackon), and the daughter of Athena, Annabeth Chase (Alexandra
Daddario).
In this sequel, Percy finds out he has a half-brother,
previously unknown to him, a Cyclops named Tyson, played by Douglas Smith.
Percy, Tyson, Clarisse, and Grover go on a quest for the golden fleece, located
in the Bermuda Triangle. They go on a scary ride in a magical taxi which might
remind you of the Knight Bus in Harry Potter. They also make a stop at a UPS
headquarters run by Hermes, played by Nathan Fillion. There, they get
information and magical material to help them on their journey. Roten noted, “Fillion
has a funny show business joke here referring to a cancelled series that he
starred in, “Firefly,” which later became the basis for the movie “Serenity.””
The golden fleece is needed to save a magical tree,
but it is also being found by Hermes’ son, Luke Castellan, played by Jake Abel,
whose evil plan is to release Kronos and destroy Olympus. Not just wanting to
stop Luke from getting the Golden Fleece, the movie goes for the epic finale
between Percy and Kronos, voiced by Robert Knepper. As you think, there are a
lot of interesting special effects here.
There is plenty of action, the acting is good, and the
story is good enough to watch. Roten noted, “As Logan Lerman aptly demonstrated
in “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” his acting ability is far greater than is
required for this role.” It is not a bad film, but might be just like the first
film. There was supposed to be a third film, but that was scrapped.
Still, I found myself enjoying this film just the same
as the first one. I think I got this film from the library and my sister and I
saw this. I remember we both enjoyed it and I think everyone should give it a watch
on Disney+. If you don’t like it, I get it, but at least give it a chance and
judge it based on your own opinion. I hear the show is a lot better and I might
check it out one day.
Alright, we have reached the end of “Greek Mythology Month.”
I hope everyone liked this and hopefully everyone will check out every film I
reviewed, especially if their a Greek Myth fan, like myself. Stay tuned next
month to see what I will review next.
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