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Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief

Cert: PG

Description: During a visit to a museum, troubled teenager Percy Jackson learns a shocking secret: He is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and a war is brewing because Zeus believes - quite wrongly - that Percy has stolen his lightning bolt. Spirited away to Camp Half Blood by best friend Grover, Percy begins his training with centaur Chiron and the other demi-god children including Annabeth, daughter of Athena, and Luke, son of Hermes.

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Dir: Chris Columbus.

Cast: Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman, Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Rosario Dawson, Logan Lerman, Kevin McKidd, Brandon T Jackson, Alexandra Daddario

Country: Can/US.

Year: 2010.

Duration: 119min

Silly goings-on in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson is after the Harry Potter market

By Derek Malcolm
12 Feb 2010

This ineffably wooden Chris Columbus adaptation of author Rick Riordan's best-seller for young teens has a screenplay that defies description.

It's after the Harry Potter market but if it gets anywhere near it I may have to eat another hat.

Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) is a problem high-school kid who discovers that the gods of Mount Olympus have walked out of his Greek mythology texts and into his life.

He learns that Poseidon is his real father and that he's thus a demi-god, accused by Zeus of stealing his lightning bolt.

Steve Coogan, of all people, plays the lord of Hades, Uma Thurman is Medusa, Pierce Brosnan a centaur and Rosario Dawson Persephone - they all look a little silly.