PodBill Just what I expected

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "Hercules" (2014)The legend of the most-promoted Greek mythology character adapted with help of a graphic novel from Radical comics; An ensemble cast unmotivated to start with title-role inhabiting actor Dwayne Johnson, who had been the choice of a life-time to character-fine-artists actor Ian McShane, completely lost in costume and splendor of mediocre, uninviting production design; A hundred million U.S. Dollar budget follows Producer/Director Brett Ratner into horrible conceived visuals, which are so static and wooden-act outs that even first looks hurts the eye as the brains, if even the distributing Studios Paramount Pictures & Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had have the guts to bring the picture to an R-rated state of blood and gore spilling, matching the club-swinging Hercules, then the spectre might have said it goes all along entertaining for genre fans of historical action. But this picture pends between mythological monster engagements in minor explicit scenes, where some shots as a jumping lion onto fearless engaging Hercules are agreeable, which unfortunately are not followed into suspense-creeping horror scenarios and given further way to unnecessary mass battle sequences of mismatching continuities in a mashed-up editorial, which can not be helped even in a revisit of the footage.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Fredtimbo I may have liked this movie years ago had I not seen Gladiator. And Troy. And Thor. And 300. I really like Dwayne Johnson and a few of his movies--Walking Tall, Snitch, The Rundown--but the excellent supporting cast (e.g, Rufus Sewell, John Hurt, Joseph Fiennes) did not make up for his acting in Hercules. He may not get nominated for Oscar, but he's capable of better acting. Movies in this sub-genre have become cliché, and this narrative of the mythological character was rather predictable.

Jackson Booth-Millard There were three films made about the famous Greek mythological hero with great strength in 2014, I'd heard about this version, only a little about the terrible Kellan Lutz version, and nothing about the John Morrison version, this was the second of the three to be released, directed by Brett Ratner (The Rush Hour Trilogy, Red Dragon, After the Sunset, X-Men: The Last Stand). Basically in Ancient Greece 1400 B.C., Hercules (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is the powerful son of Zeus, king of the gods, and leader of a band of mercenaries, but he has suffered his entire life. Hercules has carried out twelve arduous labours, including killing the Hydra and the legendary indestructible lion, he has also lost his family, causing him to turn his back on the gods, finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years Hercules has been warned of six similar souls, they are only bonded by their love of fighting and presence of death, they never question who or where they fight, just what they will be paid, these mercenaries have been hired by Cotys, King of Thace (John Hurt) to build a great army. These lost souls however will have their eyes opened to how far they have fallen, and Hercules will prove his worth as he battles his enemies, and of course overthrow the vicious rule of Cotys, in the end Hercules is victorious and his companions bow to him. Also starring Ian McShane as Amphiaraus, A Knight's Tale's Rufus Sewell as Autolycus, Aksel Hennie as Tydeus, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal as Atalanta, Reece Ritchie as Iolaus, Joseph Fiennes as King Eurystheus, Tobias Santelmann as Rhesus, Peter Mullan as Sitacles, Rebecca Ferguson as Ergenia, Isaac Andrews as Arius, Joe Anderson as Phineas, Stephen Peacocke as Stephanos, Irina Shayk as Megara and Nicholas Moss as Demetrius. Johnson is certainly suited to the leading role because of his muscly body and has enough stern, he looks good wearing the lion's head and loincloth skirt, Hurt is surprisingly sinister, and the other well known supporting cast members are fine as well, the story is just about simple enough, the special effects for the Greek monsters and big sequences are good, and the fight and battle scenes keep you watching, overall it's a fair and reasonable action fantasy adventure film. Worth watching!

davemfawcett Because there has been 100 Hercules movies, I do not understand how some can hate on this fresh interpretation. The Rock was good as the role suited him well, and I am no huge Rock fan either. It used the known legends of Hercules in a fresh and more realistic manner than the average Hercules fan would expect. One of the biggest reasons I found myself enjoying this movie as much as I did. As Syfy goes, there isn't any exceptional CGI or totally unbelievable feats of strength etc. The fact was the STORY played a bigger part than the action and gave the entire movie balance between the two. I loved the fact I went into this movie expecting one thing, and got something of a twist, yet plausible considering the genre. I am hard to surprise, especially in a good way...and this little gem did just that.