Percy Jackson : Sea of Monsters (2013)

There's a rampaging bull in "Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters" that looks like something an 11-year-old boy might draw on the back of his math homework, when he should be paying attention to his teacher instead.

The villainous beast is gold, has steam punk innards and opens up its mouth to reveal a giant flame thrower. This bad guy is boss, rad, hella sweet, or whatever the sixth grader slang is for cool in 2013.

The same can be said for much of the second "Percy Jackson" movie, which is outgunned by summer movies with larger budgets and bigger names in the cast. Pierce Brosnan doesn't return, leaving Stanley Tucci as the biggest star. But the sequel effectively executes its simple vision — to provide clever PG entertainment for preteens whose parents are too strict to let them watch "The Wolverine."

Logan Lerman returns as Percy, the son of Poseidon, who hangs in Camp Half-Blood with other teen-age God-spawn and fantastic creatures. The tree-deity that protects this little retreat of raging hormones is threatened,..............................

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