This is the second installment of this series of movies, and in fact I fond more enjoyable than the original. Thalia, passed away some time ago at the hands of a cyclops, and she turned into a protecting tree for Camp Half Blood. However Luke poisons the tree, and evil creatures are again able to enter the camp. A party from the school goes in search of "the Fleece" which can heal anything. Luke too wants to discover the fleece to restore Kronos, on of the ancient gods who was captures by the first Olympians. Percy is not selected to be part of the group, as Clarisse, Luke's rival is selected. Luke leads a second group with Grover, Annabeth and his half brother, Tyson (half Poseidon and half cyclops.) Luke intervenes and captures them, but then they escape. Luke maintains his distance but when they discover the fleece he takes it from them, and begins to restore Kronos. Tyson in all this takes an arrow for Percy, and falls into the ocean. However he returns at the right moment, as being a son of Poseidon, the water healed his wound. Annabeth is also killed, but restored by the fleece. Percy has to deal with Kronos, with a special sword he had inherited. They use the fleece to restore the tree, and also Thalia is brought back to life.
I think I like this movie because of the addition of Tyson. He is half cyclops, which leads to a great deal of prejudice against him, and Percy has a hard time accepting him. Cyclops have always been the enemy. However Douglas Smith does an excellent job portraying the roll, and he is a bit naive, but the negative still hurts, he just chooses to ignore it, and usually wears sunglasses. Over the course of the film, the prejudices melt away, and people begin to accept Tyson for who he is individually, rather than as a group.
Cast:
Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson, Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth, Douglas Smith as Tyson, Leven Rambin as Clarisse, Brandon Jackson as Grover, Jake Abel as Luke.
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