The origin story of the mythical Greek hero. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fi... Read allThe origin story of the mythical Greek hero. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom.The origin story of the mythical Greek hero. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom.
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations
Dimiter Doichinov
- King Galenus
- (as Dimitar Doychinov)
- …
Nikolai Sotirov
- King Tallas
- (as Nikolay Sotirov)
Vladimir Mihaylov
- Battalion Commander #2
- (as Vladimir Mihailov)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaScott Adkins's character, King Amphitryon, is seen at two different ages in the film, younger and older, and Adkins created two different looks for the character. He said he wanted to look extremely "lean and ripped" for the younger scenes, showing highly defined eight-pack abs in a shirtless scene, as compared to very "muscular and bulky" for the older scenes, where he just had to show his biceps in sleeveless costumes. He said for the younger scenes, he ate very carefully and trained a lot to achieve the ultra-cut look but for the older scenes, he trained just as hard but ate what he wanted because the focus was on size and not muscle definition, and he did not have a shirtless scene anymore.
- GoofsWhen Hebe stabs her self, the knife/dagger is under her armpit before the shot changes to the knife in her shoulder.
- Quotes
King Amphitryon: Have you come to bring the wrath of Zeus upon me boy?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Half in the Bag: The Legend of Hercules and Her (2014)
- SoundtracksCinnamon Stew
Written by Valère Kaletka, Jacques Saly, Mathieu Lavarenne & Pat Jabbar
Performed by Oxalys XL
Barraka Publishing
Courtesy of Barraka El Farnatshi
Featured review
Thoroughly Atrocious
This movie lost me even before I was dragged into the theater. The trailers made it look like a movie made mostly for the sake of violence and for showcasing the sweaty, hairless, shirtless bodies of the male actors; there is plenty if the latter, but shockingly less than expected of the former so if you're interested in bloody and graphic violence skip it, there's nothing that graphic to speak of. The story of Hercules's impossible tasks, is abandoned (and only makes a cameo in a scene where he kills a lion) and instead it's been replaced with a meathead's view of Ridley Scott's, Gladiator. The story and characters are as shallow as kiddie pools, the editing never slows down the pace which is tiring after the first twenty minutes, the same establishing shots are used in the very first shot of every scene, the music also doesn't know how to tone down, as that the climax of each scene is accompanied with large, "rousing" crescendo, the writing is awful and gives you no look into the mind of the characters (at least I hope they had more going on in their heads than what was expressed), there is no acting to speak of, and the visual effects look like they're from a Sci-Fi Channel movie. To add to my disappointment, I also discovered that IMDb doesn't have a "0 star" rating, what the hell?
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- charles-gribble
- Jan 12, 2014
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Hercules: The Legend Begins
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $18,848,538
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,868,318
- Jan 12, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $61,279,452
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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