The Legend of Hercules Reviews
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.
Loved it Amazing acting, great script and just fantastic cinema
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
Entertaining! Great fight scenes. Held my attention! Was really rooting for Hercules and Hebe!
An atrocious mess on every aspect it has no understanding of what the legend of the muscular warrior god is nor does it understand dumb fun action entertainment in fact it is far from that there is nothing entertaining, nor interesting to watch, the dialogue on every level is cringe inducing and poorly written, the acting is awful from top to bottom, there was not a single good performance from any of these actors, and plus it doesn't even look accurate to its source material of Greek mythology, nothing makes sense one point someone tells someone to come closer when they are already close enough to them to listen speak, there is soo much pointless slow motion that serves no purpose to the scenes, and when there is an event going on all the people seeing it look disinterested and don't look like they care making everyone look emotionless nor putting any effort to their respective roles. Such as that scene with Hercules being chained up and everyone watching doesn't look like they give a $$$$ and not to mention the look, framing, lighting and production design look so cheap and fake that it either looks visually ugly, or just downright lousy and unconvincing, everything from the water to the forests, horses, landscapes and buildings and ships look so fake it doesn't even look like they used anything to depict them. Oh yeah and there is also a bad CGI lion aka the nemeon lion which he fights that almost looks like a giant stuffed animal, and the fight choreography was so poor not just because of the Bad slo no and speed ups but that they just look boring, and unconvincing, with poor editing and disorienting angles and close ups. I even found there to be a scene when an incompetent fighter tries to stab him with a spear but instead shows that it tucked under his armpit, wow how incompetent and lazy was that not to mention the apponents of Hercules in that arena looked so laughable they looked like punk rockers and crust punk bikers with mohawks and sharp dressings. Worst of all is that the film almost feels like some love story which it has but there is no emotional feeling to it the charachters have no chemistry and it was so uninteresting and poorly written, who had the idea to add this to a movie. And that end scene when he used a fake looking lightning whip to wipe out his enemies and then fight the evil tyrant king that slayed every other greek king to become one himself was just so boring and painful to watch with more badly choreographed fight scenes and then showing his girlfriend having babies at the end even though she stabbed herself. It was just awful and the girlfriend princess was just so annoying and unlikeable that I actually wanted her to die and have Hercules loose the one he loved in fact I was actually roooting for Hercules to die and be killed he was just so unlikeable and wimpy here. How do they manage to butcher the charachter/god and make him look like a weakling I felt so bad for it. I walked out of the theater so bewildered and upset that I had to almost ask for my money back but just couldn't get it this movie was a beyond worthless shlockfest with no redeeming charachters whatsoever. Bassically they say movies that have action are made to entertain and have fun regardless if it has silliness to it resulting of them calling them dumb fun popcorn flicks but this was not like that at all even those dumb fun popcorn action film had more intelligence , good writing, dialogue, acting and directing to them as well as making some level of sense and having some level of brain/thought to it even if they were not deep thinking movies and were for the most part used as turn your brain off watches but this was not in that category at all it had no brain, no heart, no soul, no tension, no purpose, no motivation, no drama, no thrill, no inspiration, no emotion, no excitement, no life and no meaning, or senseful thought to it it was a joyless, boring mess that was just made to ruin the Greek mythology genre or even the genre of sword and sandal fighting in genneral it even butchers the way older ones did it like gladiator and 300 especially gladiator that had some of the best fight scenes and the legend of Hercules looked like a much cheaper and poorly done version of that Renny Harlin cannot match any level of brilllianve Ridley Scott brought to the sword and sandal stadium fighting genre regardless of Roman or Greek this was made with none of the talent that Ridley Scott used to make well staged and realistically convincing fight scenes in gladiator, instead this was just a waste of time and money and just outraged all fans of the story of Hercules, it's soo poorly directed no wonder why Renny Harlin is considered such a terrible director he is almost uwe boll level bad and considering both him and boll are German they are alike already Harlin is a bad director without a single good film not even deep blue sea was good as it was just a knock off of jaws. He is a bad director on every aspect and here with ruining the story of Hercules this is probably his worst film yet. The good news is that there was a better version of it made the same year with Dwayne Johnson and directed by brett ratner watch that instead that one is the real Hercules and the one we have been waiting for to hit the big screen that one was far better made and was more accurate to the mythology, if you want to see a good Hercules movie that is made in this 21st century and has the realistic looks of the landscapes of it's Ancient Greek times see the Brett ratner version. Avoid the Renny Harlin one at all costs it is an Epic Fail with a Capital F Avoid it like the plague if you want to have your favorite Greek god respected and treated the way he is supposed to be depicted. This movie gets a Big Fat F
A bit cheesy at times but a very entertaining movie! Much better than these reviews would lead you to believe. A compelling love story, bad guys that you will love to hate, and a great hero.
90 minutes of "Look, we have muscles! Wasn't there someone named Hercules who had muscles too?"
Very enjoyable. The "Happy Ending " was the only discordant note.
I enjoyed the movie. Good action and great special effects. Light hearted fun with intensity. Predictable and not much following Hercules history, but fun. .
Il give it 0 if i cood
Was this movie produced as a Theater Course Project to demonstrate to film production students the elements of Poor Film-making? I have no ideas what I just watched. I thought I was the problem, too much pre-viewing whiskey, so I was stupid enough to watch it a second time. Its not me. This film is meaningless and a failed attempt at every effort of scriptwriting, production quality, and the acting . . . what acting?
Somehow I managed to watch in theaters what was one of the worlds most ugly and cheap looking films I have ever scene not only is the legend of Hercules bad it's bad in a new kind of way wich isn't saying anything positive at all it's not so bad it's good just so bad it's bad or so bad it's a crime against the movie industry why does everything in this movie look so fake did they make this movie in a budget that's less than even 1 million the production values are so shoddy it all looks like some bad pre code soap opera with blurry images of fake looking buildings and forests anything is scene in a minimum and it looks fake and poorly lighted the ocean when they were in a boat just looked artificial and it has some bad bright screen in it let's not forget about the overuse of slow motion I couldn't even count how many times they did slow motion in every poorly filmed fight scene it was so bewildering and I couldn't feel intensity or energy from the action it failed to pump my adrenaline it wasn't fun to watch at all there is even a scene when he swings a chain holding rocks and even that scene is all slow mo it made him looking like kratos who would even beat him in a battle it all looks stupid and unpleasant to watch, the acting is just terrible the actors don't express emotion or feeling of trying to give a decent performance and the interactions between the charachters was poor there was no chemistry or sense of rooting for any of them I don't get how out of nowhere they barely explain exposition for Hercules or how did his mother get in relationship with Scott adkins king his beard looks like a fake mask for the chin and his dialogue and tone of voice sounds to growly and yucky that I almost got sick and had to constantly scratch my years why does he talk like that all the time I get the actor is one of those action stars that has a deep voice but here he uses it as if he is trying to intensify it into talking like a evil trash talking muck that constantly gags or does vomit noises and evil laughter mixed with ugly crud maniac sounds that are painful to hear he was truly awful in the film and had no intention of being his stepfather and I even hear the scene when Hercules says the one who rules it all is his real father which probably he means his real father is Zeus who is probably the king of Greek gods I asssune but his arcs to him are not interesting they are dull tedious and lifeless and his love interest is just annoying and whiny I honestly wanted her to die and she nearly killled herself at the end and only then I felt a little satisfied during the film but I shortly got into anger management after seeing her alive at the end having children with Hercules this is one of the stories similar to Romeo and Juliet when a girl is to marry someone but she is in love with someone else but here I didn't want it to become like that in some of those many pretentious films where things become they way they are not supposed to be by the charachters that own the leadership and kingdom of those charachters and people and just turn out the way the annoying protagonists make it be I didn't want them to succeed and I hate to even say this this movie was soo bad I wished it had a bad ending when Hercules just died because even though in the stories he was a strong muscular warrior and hero here he looks like a wimp and it's not helped by how he is played by a terrible actor from those stupid, corny twilight films he can't act and I for once wanted the main charachter to lose the one he loves and not have a happily ever after this could have just been an anti fairytale everyone here was unlikeable and annoying I was outraged at what I saw what were the filmmakers thinking especially when they decided to shoot it so poorly and make the lighting and cinematography so cheap and confusing it was apparently shot in 3D well if that's the case then it's 3D was awful it's possibly the worst movie ever shot in 3D the director and whoever had the idea to make this film should be put in jail and banned from ever making a film again this is one of those few films that are soo bad they epitomize the worst in cinema and cause anyone to lose interest in movies it's a perfect example of how to not make a movie it's soo bad it's comparable to an uwe boll film it's so bad you would rather jump of a cliff than watch it again or ever it's so bad it makes shyamalans widely reviled last airbender live action remake look like Peter Jackson's widely acclaimed the lord of the rings movie trilogy it's that bad and I cannot allow anyone to like this movie whoever likes this movie has a poor taste in movies and does not know what makes a movie good nor how movies are supposed to be made this is rock bottom quality cinema a schlockfest that deserves nothing but hate and revulsion and to put it more simply this is without a doubt the worst Hercules movie ever put on screen if you want a good movie about Hercules and one that sticks to it's source material properly and treats him like a strong, brutal and bravely likeable hero see the one with Dwayne the rock Johnson that one is a masterpiece compared to this schlockfest I would give the rock an Oscar if there had to be a competition for a live action Hercules film being nominated for awards and it was made by a better director Brett rather the director of rush hour watch that film it's far far far better do not waste your time on the legend of Hercules and if anyone reccomends it to you think they are just trying to brainwash you into liking terrible films avoid this film like the deadliest pleague you can ever imagine 0/10
Awful and terrible cgi
Um filme mediano ideal para um cinema em familia
The Legend of Hercules is unquestionably one of the worst movies I've ever seen. With its cringe-worthy dialogue, wooden performances, and unimpressive special effects, the film fails to do justice to the legendary hero's story. Its shallow plot and lack of originality make it a forgettable and disappointing attempt at retelling the classic tale.
The greatest 01 hour: and 38 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!