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.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Dec 4, 2020

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

The Legend of Hercules - a Herculean effort and experience.

| Jan 8, 2020

Less 300, more 2.99: cheap in every sense of the word but the cost - and all the more glorious because of it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 17, 2019

Greek mythology's famous strongman ironically fails to bust out of director Renny Harlin's weak-kneed and corroded costume drama...If anything, this particular Hercules stronghold barely musters up the interest to flash a bite-size bicep.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 11, 2018

Visually dull and flat out ugly, Hercules apes the stylization of Zack Snyder's 300 to a troubling degree. It looks and feels cheap from start to finish, with nary a color to be seen.

| Nov 3, 2018

Most major films are at least technically competent if nothing else, but The Legend of Hercules looks worse than most movies you'd find on the SyFy channel.

| Original Score: 1.5/10 | Nov 1, 2018

The film is terrible, and should be avoided.

| Nov 21, 2017

While some of the effects are alright, the Nemean lion that Hercules battles in one scene looks comical. Hercules, looking like a beefcake at a toga party, starts using his superpowers only towards the end of the film. Too little, too late.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2017

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.

| Original Score: F | Apr 23, 2015

There's nothing here to engage the viewer or make them care one iota about what's occurring on the screen, making it no wonder that this got dumped into theaters in the middle of January.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 28, 2014

The film opens on a huge battle in the Greek city of Argos, but it often ends up feeling like the director bought it cheap at the high street namesake.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 1, 2014

Even dental extraction is more enjoyable to endure than this artistically bankrupt misfire.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 29, 2014

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.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 28, 2014

This lousy attempt at a revival isn't even good for camp laughs.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 24, 2014

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

Somehow more cartoonish than Disney's version, which actually was a cartoon.

| Original Score: D | Feb 24, 2014

A low point is when Hercules kills the Nemean lion, who seemed to be minding his own business in his forest; not cool, Herc, even if he was all digital and as fakey as those stuffed cats they used to throw at Steve Reeves.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 24, 2014

A misfire from top to bottom so complete that even when you think you have a handle on all the ways it can be bad, it pulls out another one that's even worse.

| Original Score: 1/10 | Jan 21, 2014

Mythical tale is violent and poorly executed.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jan 17, 2014