Though he is famous across the ancient world for his larger-than-life exploits, he has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord.
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June 07, 2016
While the action sequences are decently staged, they would have been much better if I'd actually been able to see them, the film being shot in a gloomy murk which 3D does absolutely nothing to help.July 26, 2014
The battle scenes, though rousing, fall short of epic. But it's reliably fun to watch - up until the brutish, smudgy conclusion ...July 25, 2014
It simply fails to exploit its assets: an amusing, revisionist take on the mythological strongman, and the charisma of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.July 31, 2014
Everything Guardians of the Galaxy gets right with its mix of action and comedy, Hercules botches.July 25, 2014
"Hercules" heaves and grunts along, interrupted by battle scenes that are visually impressive (when's the last time you saw someone pick up a horse and throw it?) but emotionally uninvolving.November 13, 2014
Director Brett Ratner's vision to debunk all of the mythology behind Hercules is a unique one, but it ultimately paves the way for a generic and often boring film.November 03, 2014
Johnson has a ball with the role, and there's something to be said for the exciting third act, but that doesn't make up for the sheer drudgery of the first two-thirds of the film that feature terrible pacing and very little characterization.March 26, 2016
The overall giddy joy of Johnson's performance is infectious and spreads out to both his co-stars and the giant battles that fill the last third.April 12, 2016
A greatest hits of sweat-drenched, sword-slinging machismo.September 19, 2014
The movie could use more of its surprising if intermittent wit and less of its unsurprising if efficiently staged sword-and-sandal violence.July 26, 2014
The story is fairly straightforward, and, more importantly, so is much of the action.July 25, 2014
The movie is plagued by a split identity: It's half-slog, half-Mel Brooks.