On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 5% based on 83 reviews, with an average rating of 2.70/10, based on 82 reviews. The Legend of Hercules was critically panned. That night, he watches over his kingdom, finally fulfilling his destiny. Nearly a year later, the cries of a baby are heard, Hercules' and Hebe's baby boy. Hercules rushes to Hebe's side as she slowly drifts into unconsciousness. Hercules finally avenges Alcmene's death and kills Amphitryon with the same blade that killed his mother. Hercules hesitates but Hebe thrusts the dagger through his shoulder, killing Iphicles. Hercules nearly defeats Amphitryon but Iphicles holds Hebe hostage and threatens to kill her if Hercules does not let Amphitryon go. Hercules defeats the mercenaries with his lightning sword, then meets Amphitryon in personal combat. Hercules calls upon his father who infuses his sword with the power of lightning. Amphitryon's palace guard join Hercules and his army and they battle Amphitryon's mercenaries. Hercules and Sotiris raise an army and storm Amphitryon's palace. Hercules breaks free from his chains and kills Amphitryon's guard, though Amphitryon and Iphicles escape. In anguish he acknowledges Zeus as his father and calls upon him for strength. Hercules is chained and publicly flogged, then watches in horror as Iphicles murders Chiron, Alcmene's loyal adviser, under Amphitryon's orders. Iphicles is surprised to discover that Hercules is Alcides. Iphicles threatens Sotiris' son, forcing Sotiris to lead him to Hercules. Amphitryon stabs Alcmene with her own dagger, which he hides as a suicide. When Alcmene seeks guidance from Hera, Amphitryon discovers her and learns the truth of Hercules' parentage and that he is fated to overthrow him. When Alcides doesn't return as he promised, Alcmene and Hebe assume he's dead. Amphitryon is forced to hire foreign mercenaries as a result. Hercules defeats six previously-undefeated gladiators in an arena battle in Greece, which motivates members of Amphitryon's army to desert it and join Hercules and Sotiris, beginning a fight against Amphitryon's campaign of tyranny. The two are sold off as slaves to Lucius, a promoter of gladiator style fights, where they excel. Hercules uses his gods-given name to conceal his identity as the prince. Alcmene tells him of his true lineage and that his name is Hercules, not Alcides.Īlcides joins the command of Captain Sotiris in the Egyptian desert their small company faces an ambush by Amphitryon meant to eliminate Hercules, and only Alcides and Sotiris survive. At the banquet Amphitryon announces the engagement of Hebe and Iphicles, while Hercules is sent away to a military campaign in Egypt. Iphicles takes the credit at a royal banquet, but Hebe sees right through this lie. Hercules and his older brother, Prince Iphicles, are attacked by a unusually strong Nemean lion, which Hercules strangles to death. Twenty years later, Prince Alcides (Hercules) is the lover of Princess Hebe of Crete. Amphitryon names his new "son" Alcides, though Alcmene secretly acknowledges his true name as Hercules. She prays to Hera for guidance, and Hera's husband Zeus impregnates Alcmene with the savior of her people, a demi-god son to be named Hercules. In 1200 BC ancient Greece, King Amphitryon of Tiryns is conquering kingdoms in his thirst for more power, which disgusts his wife, Queen Alcmene.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |