The big hook of this movie is that Hercules and his 12
labours are all propaganda for a bunch of mercenaries that Hercules leads.
Hercules was once part of the Athenian army and all the labours he accomplished
were actually hoaxes (or the like). Hercules than uses his reputation that he
gained from these deeds to help him get work until he retires. Added to this is
that everyone believes he murdered his family in a “battle-rage”.
And so then we are onto his last job, where he will earn his
last amount of gold before he retires to the beach. Of course, things go wrong,
he ends up being double-crossed, and he has to prove he is really the legend
that the myths make him out to be. Add in a rushed reveal proving his innocence
in killing his family, and the movie feels like it has just been going through
the motions.
Hercules is a decent action movie. However, I feel like
there was a more interesting movie in how Hercules built up the myth of
himself. Instead, the movie seems to be trying to be as generic as possible. The
twist, the proving of innocence and the big heroic moments all feel like they
are being acted off Action-Script 101. It doesn’t do anything special, and all
the cool parts in the trailer (Hercules fighting the Hydra and the Boar) are
fully shown in the trailer.
At the end of the day, Hercules is a competent action movie.
The more fantastical elements or interesting parts of the movie are left by the
wayside to produce a generic movie. Hercules could have been so much more
special than it was if it was a little less grounded in realism.
2 out of 5 demi-god Waffles.
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