The Legend of Hercules

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The Legend of Hercules

PG-13

2014

1h 38m

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

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As the son of Zeus, king of the gods, and a mortal woman, Hercules (Kellan Lutz) is blessed with extraordinary strength. Caught in a forbidden love, Hercules is exiled by his stepfather, the king, and sold into slavery. The legendary strongman endures harrowing battles and death matches in the gladiators arena, and must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom, overthrow its traitorous ruler and restore peace to the land.

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Critics Consensus

Cheap-looking, poorly acted, and dull, The Legend of Hercules is neither fun enough to qualify as an action movie nor absorbing enough to work on a dramatic level.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

This film should be removed from theaters as soon as possible to avoid damaging the brains of people who have the misfortune of seeing it.

Rated: F

Apr 23, 2015

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Mike McCahill

Guardian

No one seems to have high hopes for it - though it might well help to pass a wet afternoon when it shows up on Netflix 15 minutes from now.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 28, 2014

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William Goss

Empire Magazine

The lore of Hercules has spanned centuries, yet it's unlikely to ever see a more generic treatment on film than that of Renny Harlin's overblown origin story.

Mar 24, 2014

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

With such minimal adherence to both the origins and famed labors recounted in Greek mythology, there's very little that relates it to the eponymous hero.

Rated: 6/10

Dec 4, 2020

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

Lunkhead Kellan Lutz is the demigod's density in Renny Harlin's 300-lite, MST3K-ready retelling of the classical legend. Think Jesus with muscles, by the power of Greyskull.

Oct 3, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

The Legend of Hercules - a Herculean effort and experience.

Jan 8, 2020

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Samuel G

First, I saw the 2014 version of The Legend of Hercules, then next, I saw the Disney's 1997 version of Hercules. I felt it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/13/25

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Stephen C

Success in 1 hour and 38 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Some Sensuality, Intense Combat Action and Violence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $18,800,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/26/25

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Peter x

Goodness, this film is awful. I wish I’d read the reviews before bothering to watch it. I wonder whether it was made by a bunch of teenagers in their first drama class? Maybe it was in their ancient history class so they weren’t even drama students? Oh, I just saw a 5 star review so that must be from the director’s very kind mum. haha it’s so bad. I would have given it 0 stars if I could.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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Sam F

Being years after the release of this movie and hating it then, I take my Sunday evening with a delicious meal and come across this movie while scrolling through Amazon Prime. I think, "What the hell, let's give it another go"! Oh how I was so, so wrong. The acting is absolutely atrocious! The script, is an absolute joke! Why is everyone yelling and talking with this chest voice, which makes the acting that much worse. All you had to do, is take the Disney cartoon movie, and copy it! Greek mythology about the half blood god Hercules, the son of Zeus! Instead you have ridiculous slow motion nonstop throughout the movie, like come on!!! Spoiler Alert!!! One scene where Hercules love runs to the water to see that her one true love is not dead and Everytime it cuts to Hercules in the water it's slow motion, than it cuts back to girl and she is in real time and than back to Hercules and he is in slow motion!!! This goes on for 2 minutes!!! This should never have been released and should have been destroyed on an island where they test nuclear weapons. And then every human being that was in the film should have signed NDA's to never speak of their involvement of said film. The director, sent back to directing mono toned teenages on YouTube. Horrible movie, and thank God for being able to multitask where I could be doing other things at the same time of the movie running because, sadly if I start a movie, I have to let it play through out of respect for someone in the movie I at least liked a little.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/06/25

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Amichai S

Loved it Amazing acting, great script and just fantastic cinema

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Noah T

It's just awful. The script sounds like it was written by an angsty 14 year old trying to sound grown up. The CGI is clunky. It's just awful. Don't waste your time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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Synopsis

As the son of Zeus, king of the gods, and a mortal woman, Hercules (Kellan Lutz) is blessed with extraordinary strength. Caught in a forbidden love, Hercules is exiled by his stepfather, the king, and sold into slavery. The legendary strongman endures harrowing battles and death matches in the gladiators arena, and must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom, overthrow its traitorous ruler and restore peace to the land.

Director: Renny Harlin
Producer: Danny Lerner, Les Weldon, Boaz Davidson, Renny Harlin
Screenwriter: Sean Hood, Daniel Giat
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Lionsgate Television, Nu Boyana
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sensuality|Intense Combat Action|Violence)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 10, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.8M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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