The Legend of Hercules

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, 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