Cast: Kellan Lutz, Gaia Weiss(Hebe), Scott Adkins(King Amphitryon),Roxanne McKee(Queen Alcmene),Liam Garrigan(Iphicles),Liam McIntyre(Captain Sotiris)
Director: Renny Harlin
Genre: Action, Adventure
Not as bad as rated everywhere. Very much watchable, keeping your expectations low is the key :)
You may look forward to:
- Kellan Lutz, he looks hot nevertheless :) As well gives you some good fight sequences
- You sure will enjoy those one to one and one to many combats with Kellan (Hercules)
- Some scenes even reminds you the cinematography of 300. Well close!
- Liam McIntyre was a good support, he was more of a sidetrack hero, but there :)
- All the ladies were good support as well, namely, Gaia Weiss and Roxanne McKee
What you can sleep over:
- Scott Adkins is handsome but anarchic ruler. Ruthless at times. But the disappointing truth is that he doesnt look so tyrannical and hateful a leader. He may convince you with his might and looks but not really as an image who desperately needs to be fought over in order to achieve much awaited peace
- Too bad that Liam Garrigan looked like a fool. He aint that bad after all, deserved a little better
The dampeners you should be aware of:
- The script. I am not sure of the original story behind Hercules, but this certainly wasnt very engaging. I guess thats what caused as a dampener to the reputation of this movie. You never see or feel much of any pain of the common people in the villages or within the kingdom which can showcase the drive of Hercules to accept his destiny and fight for the rights of the people as their leader
- The entire presentation again never felt legendary. It is a movie with good budget. Renny Harlin could have done a much better job
- None of the characters ever looked any legendary or larger than life like
- The end was pretty sad again. There could have been a better final fight sequence at the climax. And how bout the loose end of 'Iphicles'. They never show what happens to him!
My rating: 2.5/5
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