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The Legend of Hercules

Play trailer Poster for The Legend of Hercules PG-13 Released Jan 10, 2014 1h 38m Adventure Action Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens The Legend of Hercules - a Herculean effort and experience. Jan 8, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review Tanaputz J I figured it couldn't be any worse than the Gladiator movies of the 1960's. I was wrong. So very wrong. As cheesy as the movies from the 60's were, I actually think they were better... Judge for yourself...but remember...I told you so. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/10/24 Full Review bill k this was not the legend of Hercules we know there is barely any resemblence to the characters arc and the plot is to cliched to be original and the actor kellan lutz is just sleepwalking in the role much of the time and he is basically acting almost nothing like the greek god and rather a poor mans Thor style knock off heck even his brother iphicles is portrayed as a knock of off his stepbrother Loki from the marvel series. meanwhile Scott Adkins as the evil king comes off as a poor mans version of Leonidas and especially an evil version of him and it all falls flat across the board what's even worse is how its shot and filmed the effects look so cheap and artificial there is a scene where he and his brother encounter a lion which look stupid the CGI lion was awful and stupid looking and almost didn't even act like the fearless and unafraid big cat we know of in real life he is instead portrayed as a scaredy cat how laughable its that can you imagine. there is also that scene when not Hercules uses a lightning whip that equally looks as stupid how would it even look like if there was such a thing or if there was such a thing of lighting striking a sword and giving it lightning power when raised in the air during a thunderstorm, it was so stupid I literally burst out In laughter seriously him using a lighting whip to whipe out his enemies he is Thor in Hercules clothing you hear that everyone Thor is disguised as Hercules and even his family or shall I say non family is a poorly done version of the family relationship of Thor, Loki and odin if he was evil its that noticable. there is also an unintentionally hilarious moment when the evil king catches the queen with zeus and when he opens the curtain he doesn't seem him and goes nuts and in an incomprehensible and growly tone he asks who is this man . yeah. then yells at the rainy sky how hilarious right. In just about every fight scene they use too much excessive slow motion and a fight scene can't be exiting when there is too much disruptive slow motion how they managed to screw it all up is beyond me this was a bewildering experience to watch and i highly recommend everyone to stay away from this atrociously schlocky mess don't bother with it its a skip. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/26/24 Full Review Danny R Just watched this film with zero expectations or previous opinions from others, few cans of Stella and a cheeky bag and it’s viewers delight, no unnecessary prolonged scenes that cloud the rather clear purpose of this film which is to be admired quite frankly, if I were a Roman emperor and this film were the gladiators fighting to the death, my thumb would most certainly be raised Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/08/24 Full Review Wayne p This is the most aggravation I've had with a movie in a long time. I could have written and directed this better. Wtf is going on in the industry. I have zero experience in writing but this is dry and unsatisfactory. Remove from history. It's shite! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
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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