"Extreme makeover alert!"
Starting like I Am Number Four and TV's Total Wipeout, and ending like Raiders Of The Lost Ark, this unexpected sequel to 2010's moderate franchise-starter is unashamedly Potter-lite but it certainly aims to be more entertaining than the first film and for the most part succeeds. There is plenty of story, and Freudenthal wisely keeps things moving briskly from one action set-up to the next, but its necessary simplicity of character and plotting makes it relentlessly predictable and uninvolving. The CG work is never less than ambitious (although not always quite hitting the mark), and there is an impressive sense of scope for a mid-budget movie, even if Sea Of Monster would have been perhaps a more appropriate subtitle. Logan Lerman remains adequate but bland as the eponymous hero, but the addition of Tyson Smith as Percy's newly-discovered guileless half-brother is welcome, as is a wonderfully-played cameo by the mighty Nathan Fillion. Overall, Sea Of Monsters is harmless, efficient and will play well with the younger audience.
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