See the classical hero to how to defend the king of Thrace

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson plays the classical hero leading a squad of mercenaries to defend the king of Thrace

 

Watch Hercules Online. Strap on your swordbelt, buckle your sandals and oil up your rippling six-pack, because here comes yet another interminable, CGI-drenched mythic mish-mash with far more money than brain cells. Dwayne Johnson (we’re no longer allowed to call him The Rock) plays the title character who – in this loose adaptation of Steve Moore’s comic book series – is a mercenary warrior who uses inflated tales of his divine parentage and epic labours to psych out his enemies. Hired – along with a ragtag band of sidekicks who include a seer (Ian McShane), a wisecracking archer (Rufus Sewell) and a Swedish ninja with dreadlocks (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal) – to defend the kingdom of Thrace against a mysterious enemy, Hercules soon finds his past coming back to haunt him in the form of Joseph Fiennes sporting a worrying blond mullet.

Hercules 2014 : Given that its director is the widely derided Brett Ratner (‘Rush Hour’, ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’), it’s no great surprise that ‘Hercules’ is a complete mess: the plot barely hangs together, the characters are meagrely sketched and the 3D digital effects are plasticky, indistinct and wearying to look at. The script contains a handful of decent comic asides and there’s one great mid-battle moment where Herc throws a horse, but on the whole this is decidedly non-legendary.

Film Review: 'Hercules'

Watch Hercules Online Megshare : Reviewed at AMC Loews Lincoln Square, New York, July 23, 2014. MPAA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 97 MIN.

Production

A Paramount release presented with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures of a Flynn Picture Co. production in association with Radical Studios. Produced by Beau Flynn, Barry Levine, Brett Ratner. Executive producers, Ross Fanger, Jesse Berger, Peter Berg, Sarah Aubrey.

Crew

Directed by Brett Ratner. Screenplay, Ryan J. Condal, Evan Spiliotopoulos, based on Radical Comics’ “Hercules” by Steve Moore. Camera (color, Arri Alexa HD widescreen), Dante Spinotti; editors, Mark Helfrich, Julia Wong; music, Fernando Velazquez; production designer, Jean-Vincent Puzos; supervising art director, Jason Knox-Johnston; senior art director, Robert Cowper; art directors Tom Still, Bence Erdelyi; set decorator, Tina Jones; costume designer, Jany Temime; sound (Datasat/Dolby Atmos), Mac Ruth; sound designers, Tim Chau, Clayton Weber; supervising sound editor, Tim Chau; re-recording mixers, Tim Chau, Chris Burdon; visual effects supervisor, John Bruno; visual effects producer/supervisor, Dean Wright; visual effects, Double Negative, Cinesite, Method Studios, Prime Focus World, Milk VFX, Utopia VFX, Nvizible, Halo, Perpetual Motion Pictures; special effects supervisor, Neil Corbould; supervising stunt coordinator, Greg Powell; stunt coordinator/fight coordinator, Allan Poppleton; associate producer, Hiram Garcia; assistant directors, Jeff Authors, Chris Carreras; second unit director/camera, Alexander Witt; casting, Amanda Mackey Johnson, Cathy Sandrich (U.S.), Lucinda Syson (U.K.).

With

Dwayne Johnson, Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes, Peter Mullan, John Hurt, Aksel Hennie, Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Reece Ritchie, Tobias Santelmann, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaac Andrews, Irina Shayk.