When Zeus’ master bolt was stolen, the finger points to the usual suspects, the Demigods. Demigods are the half human and half gods and are the only one capable of stealing other god’s power. Percy Jackson is the son of a human, Sally Jackson and the God of the sea, Poseidon.

Percy is unaware of his lineage until his substitute English teacher and a Fury, Ms. Dobbs attacks him. His Latin Teacher, Mr. Brunner and his best friend, Grover Underwood rescued him by defeating the fury. Soon Percy finds out that Grover is a Satyr and has been assigned to watch over him. He was brought to a training camp for Demi Gods lead by Mr., Brunner, a centaur named Chiron. But before entering the camp a Minotaur captured his mother and was brought to underworld.

To rescue her mother, Percy had to agree to accept the help of Grover and Annabeth Chase, the demigod daughter of the Goddess of wisdom and battle strategies Athena. Together they travel around the United States to find Persephone’s pearls so that they may exit the underworld safely. But before leaving they needed the help of another demigod, Luke Castellan, the son of God of thieves and travelers Hermes. Luke gave them a map that shows the location of Persephone’s pearls, flying shoes and Luke’s portable shield.

In their quest for the pearls, they had to fight Medusa, the snake headed creature that could turn any being to stone just by her gaze. They eventually defeated Medusa and brought her decapitated head along. They also had to face the hydra to acquire another pearl.  Using Medusa’s severed head; they defeated the hydra by turning it to stone. The last stone was in Las Vegas, in the lair of the lotus eater. The lotus eaters have the ability to trick their prey in staying in their lair. Their victims lost the sense of time and reason. With the help of Poseidon, Percy realized that it was a trick and they eventually escaped with the third pearl. 

They entered the Underworld and was confronted by God of the Underworld Hades. Due to a series of events, they found out that the thunderbolt was hidden in Luke’s shield. Persephone got his hands on the thunderbolt and used it against Hades. Percy finally rescued her mother and was ready to leave the underworld. The only problem was that there are only three pearls. They had to leave Grover behind since the Percy, Annabeth and Sally Jackson had to use the three pearls to escape the underworld. They were then transported to the top of the empire state building, the entrance to Olympus.

But before they could enter Olympus, Luke showed up and tried to stop Percy. Percy won the battle and was able to return the thunderbolt to Zeus just in time to prevent the war between the Gods. In the end, Percy had to return to camp and harness his Demigod powers.

Since I haven’t read the book, I would have to say that the movie is quite good. Most people who have read the book were pretty disappointed. But then again there are only a few movies which are based on a book that has really met the expectations of those who read it. Even though the story is loosely based on the Greek Mythology, I still recognized the similarities in the storyline. The special effects are great. But overall, I would say that the movie is quite okay. It is a movie I don’t mind watching a couple more times. I would have to get a copy of the book to make a better comparison.