Man or legend? Ladies and gentleman if you have not seen this movie yet, grab yourself some popcorn and lung at the next chance you get to see it. It has been a while since i have been impressed with a movie's perspective such as this.
"Hercules," Staring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, is an action packed movie that follows the hero Hercules on a journey of war, corruption, and power. I'll have to admit that this movie took me off guard in the way it present its hero. I'm pretty sure its safe to say that when we all think of Hercules we all think of a half man, half god, walking, talking tank, that is super strong and always doing right in the name of his father Zeus. Well in this movie he was portrayed as a mercenary traveling the lands with his band of followers doing "good" for the right price.
It is through this mercenary work that Hercules gets caught up into a big pile of corruption and deceit. Without giving too much away i'll just say he and his friends do a job that isn't exactly what it is supposed to be and wanting to fix his mistakes, Hercules decides to stick around and fix this new problem caused by himself.
If you look for sweet fight scenes with bodies flying, epic sword fights, and crazy shots from bowmen then this is definitely the film for you. It is a good looking film in my opinion with good animation and solid acting by the majority of the cast. Special props go to the one group member who seems to have a death wish because he has foreseen the end of his life and fears nothing for he knows exactly when he will die. I enjoyed his witty remarks and sarcasm.
The thing that took me off guard most about this film but was most enjoyable was the way they made the viewer perceive the legend of Hercules, I found all of my previous assumptions about Hercules being challenged and if you sat down and really thought about it, could the legends be wrong, could the workings of a silver tongue be that much involved? It really sheds a light on perspective and belief.
So like i said if you want a great movie to watch and pass the time with i really recommend you watch this movie, i myself enjoyed it a great deal mostly because i absolutely love Greek mythology. I will say however if you are looking for epic huge battles between Hercules and ancient beasts then you will not find it here. As i said this movie casts a different light upon the legend of the man, Hercules.
Verdict: 8.5 (solid)
Check out the trailer below, thanks.
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