The Film Buzz Official Review

Yawn. I honestly did not want to see this but trust me I had no other choice.

The plot is so bizarre and random that I cannot be bothered to try and describe it in a logical way, and I should mention that I didn’t read the book so the whole plot wasn’t relatable to me nor did it impress me in any way shape or form.

Starring Logan Lerman as young half-breed Percy Jackson, Brandon T. Jackson as his side-kick and the beautiful Alexandra Daddario as Percy’s love interest.

Please be aware that I didn’t enjoy this film hence this review shall be slightly biased.

The Plot

It’s the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson’s Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they’re not happy: Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy’s mother. As Percy finds himself caught between angry and battling gods, he and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy’s mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves. Written by 20th Century Fox.

Although the special effects weren’t bad at all, clearly borrowed from Harry Potter’s leftovers but not bad none-the-less. The mythical beasts were brought to life with clarity and ferocity and some characters, namely Annabeth, the daughter of Athena played by Alexandra Daddario is very alluringly attractive, but here is where the good things end.

The rest of the movie is a shambles – the plot has no flow whatsoever – it just jumps to random points in the story where the audience is force fed plot points with no justification. The acting is bland as ever – there was this one scene *spoiler alert* where Percy realised all that his apparently-dead mum had sacrificed for him and he recited his lines expressing his regret like he was competing for a poetry-reciting competition. Not to mention his sidekick Grover – the half goat man, is constantly cracking jokes that fall flat on their faces. My eyes were hurting from over-rolling. Maybe  it’s me and my lack of tolerance for PG friendly films – it just doesn’t make things realistic, but even for a teen audience, this film could have done better. I have seen way better PG action hero films than this.

Chris Colombus has earned himself a big smelly for this one.

The Film Buzz Review Rating: 3/10

UK Release Date: 12 February 2010

Director: Chris Columbus

Writer: Craig Titley (screenplay), Rick Riordan (novel)

Links: IMDB, Official Site