ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Helllins It is both painfully honest and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time.

darkguardian-99861 Well, the movie is below average. Of course, Dwayne Johnson once again plays himself and despite the fact that he can be fun, he doesn't really fit. Only thing keeping the movie above 5 stars, is that it has the interesting thing that it implies that Hercule's labors are implied to be fiction. Frankly, there are better Hercules movies out there if you want.

TheLittleSongbird Of the two Hercules films released in 2014, this one is the far superior of the two. The other being the awful 'The Legend of Hercules', with Liam McIntyre as its sole saving grace. 'Hercules' was very flawed and was very misleadingly advertised, but it was decent.Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is a charismatic and likable Hercules, and much closer to what Hercules should be like than the disaster that was Kellan Lutz in 'The Legend of Hercules'. He is not a "great" actor, but there is something appealing about him here, he does look more comfortable than some of his other performances (he has come on a lot since 'Doom' for example) and he has fun with his one-liners.Rufus Sewell in a different role is amusing, and even funnier is a scene-stealing Ian McShane, although his material is basically a big running joke it's a very funny line and remarkably doesn't wear thin or become repetitive. John Hurt very rarely gives a bad performance, many performances of his are magnificent in fact, and while he has been better he is good here. Ingrid Bolso Berdal is a striking and strong presence as Atalanta.Mostly, 'Hercules' looks good, looking more of a cinematic release than the straight-to-DVD-schlocky look of 'The Legend of Hercules'. It's beautifully shot and while one is reminded of '300' the editing is not as stylised or as indulgent. Costumes and sets are much more tasteful and easy on the eye. There is an appealing over-the-top-ness with the odd embracing of the cheese factor without being too ridiculous, and the darker moments do have tension and emotional weight. Love the chemistry between Johnson, Sewell and McShane, and it is definitely the film's strongest asset. What there is of the action is exciting enough, and the music is fitting and pleasant even if not mind-blowing.Brett Ratner's direction is a bit routine however, and the story, while with good moments and at least it is clear what it's trying to be, is generic and over-familiar. The script is not as bad as that of 'The Legend of Hercules', but does feel underwritten and clunky, while of the characters the only really interestingly developed ones are Hercules and Amphiarius. The rest are stock, especially the villains, who are poorly played.Joseph Fiennes in particular is catastrophically bad to the point of unintentional comedy. The special effects are a little weak as well, rather artificial.All in all, nowhere near as bad as expected. Not in terms of advertising, it was actually pretty intriguing but those wanting a proper adaptation of the legend will find themselves short-changed (the only resemblance really is in name only), but more in correlation to how much 'The Legend of Hercules' stunk and there was the worry that 'Hercules' would be as bad or worse. Luckily, while still heavily flawed, it is much better. 6/10 Bethany Cox

Christoffer Bjerregaard This is to date one of the most cringe and bad acting movies. Dwayne simply don't fit into the movie. Now i just saw all of the big companies and the fact that this movie was given around 100million dollars. I can only say WTF? worst acting to date also special effects are straight up bad. i can strongly say - Don't WATCH THIS MOVIE EVER!!The movie simply looks like its from the 1990's, also this movie isn't even about Hercules (the real Hercules) the only thing they have in common is that they are both a demigod. i would rather do the dishes than watch this film. Also to the team who made this - be ashamed. And since when can 4 guys keep an entire army away?

whitequeen71 I stopped watching it after half an hour. Movies like Star Wars: Attack of the Clones have the same flaws (bad directing and awful screenplay) but at least they have awesome special effects and compelling action scenes. In this movie also CGI is cheap and the duel in the opening scene is ridiculous. Beautiful landscapes, that's the only good point and the reason I gave it 3/10 instead of 0 I don't demand historical accuracy or a perfect knowledge of classical mythology to enjoy a movie. I loved The Gladiator, for instance, but if you have to cook something up, do it well. Or, at least, don't call it 'Hercules' but give it a fantasy name.