The Legend of Hercules... without Hercules

After watching the Clash of Titans 2010 which was entertaining and Wrath of the Titans 2012 which was awesome (maybe best sequel ever since Terminator 2 Judgement Day and Empire Strikes Back) I decided to watch The Legend of Hercules expecting a similar entertaining experience.

You sit the first 30 minutes of the movie just waiting for Hercules to begin the Twelve famous tasks which is his LEGACY, and when he finally strangles the numidian lion which appears out of nowhere and his brother claims victory without any more reference to the damn magic lion you are sitting there confused but there is still time to pull off a good movie.

After 30 more minutes of back and forth romancing, capture and uninteresting fighting the hope of seeing the Hydra or Cyclops or any mythological creature starts to vanish, what you are left with is a unstructured mess of a movie that fails to portray or adapt the legend of Hercules, something even Disney managed to do.

When the movie finally ends, you are thanking the God's the torture is over. What a waste of money.

But something good came out of it, it reminded me of the Asterix and Obelisk spoof of the twelve tasks of Hercules with the unofficial movie Twelve tasks of Asterix. Best of all you can watch it for free.

Gotta love that Studio Idefix opening theme. Enjoy :)