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Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
★ 6.2 · 7,793 ratings on TMDB
Worlds collide.
Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate the entire world.
DirectorChris Columbus
The emergence reading
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, tradition, power.
zero-distanceUSidentitytraditionpower
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