Genre: Action fantasy
Director: Renny Harlin
Plot: Hercules, born into a royal family, is betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and sold to slavery. He must accept his true birthright and claim the throne.
The gist: Despite the universal thrashing of this film, I decided to give this film a try, and discovered it's not all bad.
Thankfully, Renny Harlin still has some skill in directing action sequences, so the sword fights at least look good.
However, the film never rises above mediocrity, thanks to the cheap production values, cheesy dialogue and frequently borrowed ideas from 300 and Gladiator.
The good: The acting at least is decent. Scott Adkins makes a solid villain. Gaia Weiss is nice to look at as love interest Hebe. And as stated, the sword fights were well choreographed, too bad they're mostly bloodless.
The bad: Harlin took all the best ideas from 300 and Gladiator, removed the blood and shot them. So in essence, it's a good idea, only done better by other people. Kellan Lutz is very bland as the titular hero unfortunately. And some of the lines were just too corny.
Verdict: You can watch this if you want decent entertainment, but why do that when you can watch other films this one copied from? At the very least, it wasn't horrible, which is the best thing I can say about it. (5/10)
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