It's as if director Renny Harlin watched Gladiator and said, 'Yeah, I can do that, but much worse.' The plot is almost exactly a ripoff of the 2000-Best Picture winner, having the godly Hercules besmirched and thrown into the arena, where he must build a name for himself in gladiatorial combat and work the support of the crowd in order to gain his vengeance against a jealous tyrant with daddy issues. There are Kings and Gods, legends from thousands of years ago, but no twists or turns? No surprises thrown in for dramatic effect at least? Overall, the film is somewhat entertaining and as I said the cast was good, but The Legend of Hercules flies by at the speed of light, which makes the film difficult to really get behind.

The film is very straight forward and far too predictable for a story like this. The whole Egyptian angle should have been a major theme, but it only lasts about ten minutes, and before you know it, Herc is fighting for his life is arenas around the world, scenes that were also rushed. I enjoyed the narrative, but the best parts of the film were so rushed, that I felt slighted. A film like this has a story to tell and that story can't be told in an hour and half. The rest of the cast also performed equally well, and for once the cast wasn't the problem. When I think of the mighty Hercules, Kellan Lutz isn't the first name that comes to mind, but he does a pretty solid job with the role. The King however knows that Hercules (Kellan Lutz) isn't his and commits an act of betrayal that separates Hercules from the woman he loves. After praying to Zeus for guidance, Queen Alcmene (Roxanne McKee) is picked to carry the son of God. They are so inaccurate and give people the wrong perception of history, then again, The Legend of Hercules was directed by Renny Harlin, and he wouldn't put his name on any old thing. I was a History major and as such I find these types of films difficult to watch.

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