THE LEGEND OF HERCULES by Lorraine Sears

THE LEGEND OF HERCULES

 by Lorraine Sears

 

 

 

The Legend of Hercules ... I so wanted this to be a great movie. I could cry for this film not being what I wanted it to be. With decent a cast of 'B list' actors, lead by Kellan Lutz of Twilight Saga fame; their delivery was not ... awful, in fact it was quite good in places. I prayed that it might be one of those rough diamonds you stumble across from time to time; something under budget but with the potential to turn cult. Alas no.
Poor budget and incompetent production sent this film sprawling face first into one of it's own muddy puddles used for the many fight scenes. All the money was blown on the excessive use of stop motion film during intense battle scenes and appallingly obvious CGI for the big pull-away battle formation shots. There wasn't even enough left to spend on fake blood, which was conspicuous by it's absences from scenes of (non-)bloody mayhem and death. And as for the scene between Hercules and the lion ... Aslan would be turning on his stone table, as it appeared more reminiscent of plasticine monsters from old mythical classics such as Clash of the Titans and Jason and the Argonauts.
And! Where were the gods? Hera appeared through a young mystic, sounding like a small, petulant child. And Hercules, son of Zeus, never met his father and had to spend all his time talking to cotton candy clouds and curly lightning. Thats to say nothing of the ending ... But enough!
Will I watch this film again? Probably; it's only a 12a and my seven-year old son might think it's cool. But will I pay for the privilege of watching it again? Definitely not!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043726/?ref_=nv_sr_1