The God Boy Wonder returns
in “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,” a dead-in-the-water sequel to 2010’s “The Lightning Thief.” Directed by a fella named Thor Freudenthal -– how quaint -– “Percy” again strives to be “Harry Potter: The Second Coming.” It is not. That
series popped with magic of the fantastic and discovery and love. Fake from the start, “Monsters” makes its cast of interchangeable
hunks and babes shout crap like “This is so cool!” as if they were children in
a flashy toy ad. Who are they trying to convince? Plot: Percy (Logan Lerman) and
his two godly BFFs must find the Golden Fleece -- recalling “Jason and the Argonauts” -– to save their campground school, all against much nonsense about a mysterious
Half Prince. (Can Harry Potter sue?) The crushing failure of “Sea”: The entire
adult cast of the film one -– Pierce Brosnan and Sean Bean among them -– are
gone. Did they smartly ditch? Were they dumped to save money? Poor Stanley Tucci appears,
looking as if wondered in from “Hunger Games” by error. Look, if one wishes to rip-off a top-notch franchise, fine. But give it effort. Try. This is just laziness. D-
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