The budding franchise based on Rick Riordan’s young adult series about modern incarnations of classic mythological demigods and heroes returns for another box office battle as Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman), the son of Poseidon and his band of near-immortal siblings (including Alexandra Daddario and Brandon T. Jackson) embark on a quest to find the Golden Fleece and use it to save their secret home. Hotel for Dogs and Diary of a Wimpy Kid director Thor Freudenthal seems like the ideal hand to steer this ship of eager upstarts. Now in theaters. (PG) Not screened in time for review.
This article appears in Aug 7-13, 2013.