Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

After a coveted, powerful lightning bolt is stolen and Zeus (Sean Bean) demands its return to Olympus before the summer solstice to prevent unleashing war on earth and Hades (Steve Coogan) kidnaps the ex-wife (Catherine Keener) of Poseidon (Kevin McKidd) to force her teenage son (Logan Lerman) to give him the lightning bolt, which would allow him to escape Hell, in this fast-paced, action-packed, family-geared, entertaining, star-studded (Pierce Brosnan, Rosario Dawson, Joe Pantoliano, and Melina Kanakaredes) film, Poseidon's water-wielding son (Logan Lerman), the sword-wielding daughter (Alexandra Daddario) of Athena, and a protective, crutch-wielding satyr (Brandon T. Jackson) leave other Demi-gods (Jake Abel, et al.) at Camp Half-Blood and battle Medusa (Uma Thurman), a fire-breathing hydra, and Hell hounds while on a cross-country trip to collect three magical pearls that are the keys to escaping the underworld.
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