This is one of the worst examples of Hollywood retelling a classical hero story. First they feel the need to make it more "realistic" by removing anything supernatural from the story, but then the action is so absurd and over-the-top that this only makes it less believable. Worse. They constantly tease the supernatural as a fake out as if they're mocking your intelligence. In an era of superhero films, post Lord of the Rings, why do these directors feel they have to make a story "realistic" in order for us to take it seriously? Setting that all aside, the characters are as cartoonish as they can get, and this is a boring story that bares practically no connection to the stories Hercules is known for.

Movie is pretty good, just be warned that if you have any particular expectations (especially those gotten from the trailers), wipe them all out completely before watching. If you don't, the movie's just gonna crush those expectations painfully and then laugh at you, and you'll have to deal with that before actually starting to enjoy it.

for a moment I thought it's 300, you know when they march the legions to fight. anyway, come on this is not about Hercules and nothing about his legends mentioned here. this movie is about a mercenary whose priority is gold then turned good for the innocents in the end and his name happened to be Hercules.

I never bothered with Hercules back in 2014 because the trailer looked awful. It was a nice surprise today when a generic, but decent, action adventure was hiding behind that dreadful trailer. What saves a rather lacking story, is the well directed action scenes and decent acting. Hercules will never be a classic, but I wouldn't mind finding it again in a few years...

boring boring boring boring boring