{"id":2944,"date":"2014-01-17T14:46:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T22:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2014-10-15T15:51:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T22:51:21","slug":"the-legend-of-hercules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/the-legend-of-hercules\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LEGEND OF HERCULES"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: debbie lynn elias<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the great strengths of THE LEGEND OF HERCULES lies in the story origins and bringing in Sean Hood and Daniel Giat as screenwriters, tapping into Hood\u2019s experience with mythology and reimagination with films like\u00a0 Conan the Barbarian (2011)<\/em>.\u00a0 The other is having Renny Harlin direct.\u00a0 The mythology of Hercules is a centuries old favorite and one of the most enduring legends.\u00a0 Hollywood has long ago embraced its wonder as it provides ample fuel for fantasy and visual mastery of technology as it advances.\u00a0 But one aspect of the Hercules story that has always been overlooked (because it’s not sexy enough from an action standpoint) is Hercules’ backstory and his birth.<\/p>\n

Queen Alcmene is a good woman, a kind woman, a tortured woman.\u00a0 Her husband is King Amphitryon.\u00a0 A vengeful king and vengeful man, he is murderous and tyrannical to both his people and his wife.\u00a0 Desperate to help her people, Alcmene prays to the gods for help.\u00a0 Her prays are answered in the form a child; a child fathered by Zeus himself.\u00a0 Always suspicious of the child\u2019s birth, Amphitryon nevertheless raises him as his own, but always shows favor to his other son, Iphicles, over Hercules.\u00a0 Favoritism rears more than ugly head when it comes to Hercules and love for as a means to hurt and destroy Hercules, Amphitryon promises Iphicles the hand of Hebe who is deeply in love with Hercules.\u00a0 Attempting to run away with Hebe, Hercules is captured by his father and sent into battle to die.\u00a0 Walking into a trap, Hercules manages to survive together with fellow warrior Sotiris who vows brotherhood and allegiance to Hercules for life.\u00a0 Determined to win back Hebe and save his people from Amphitryon, Hercules and Sotiris plan their own revenge, which takes on even greater meaning with the death of Alcmene at the hand of Amphitryon.\u00a0 And it with her death that the secret of Hercules\u2019 birthright comes to light, setting the stage for Hercules to claim his true birthright.<\/p>\n

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No stranger to the world of the gods having played Poseidon in Immortals<\/em>, Kellan Lutz is not only a handsome fit as Hercules, but finds that delicate balance of “right meets might and acting with the heart”, finding both the immortal and mortal within he who would be HERCULES.\u00a0 It’s nice to see an emotional progression within the character, something I wasn’t certain Lutz could achieve.\u00a0 He surprised me.\u00a0 But what I appreciate most in this performance is the growth in him as an actor.\u00a0 He emotes, he captures and elicits differential emotion between the various onscreen relationships.\u00a0 And he nails the action flawlessly.\u00a0 Declaring proudly the fact that \u201cI did 99% of the stunts\u201d, Lutz also gives credit to his stunt double Danko who \u201cwould fill in when I couldn\u2019t do it and had to catch up on a shot.\u201d\u00a0 He also had a horse riding double who was called upon primarily in rehearsals.\u00a0 \u201cSometimes the horses were finicky in the rain, and I\u2019m an animal lover and I didn\u2019t want to smack them, so my horse rider would get on there and do the rehearsals for me and get them ingrained with what they need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dedicating himself to extensive mental and physical training for the role, Lutz drew from his childhood.\u00a0 \u201cI always felt like as a little kid I always had middle child syndrome.\u00a0 I grew up on a lot of land with a lot of farm animals so I had a lot of alone time and I was able to use my imagination to create the world of Tarzan,\u00a0 of Mowgli, of He-Man, of Hercules, of the Ninja Turtles. . .Hercules was always that original hero for me. . . I found this passion that I get to relive and fulfill this childhood dream of bringing this character to the screen.\u201d\u00a0 Thanks to his education and love of reading, Lutz was well prepared with the lore of Hercules\u00a0 \u201cbecause my education and knowledge of Greek mythology was already there.\u00a0 I had already studied a lot of it because I enjoyed it. I really loved The Iliad<\/em> and The Odyssey<\/em>. I read those before they were mandatory in school to read!\u00a0 That fantasy world was just amazing to me because they\u2019re all myths, and much our story of Hercules is one of the tales.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As the vicious, vindictive, jealous and brutal King Amphitryon, Scott Adkins wows and becomes a true leading man. He commands the screen with word, emotion and physical presence.\u00a0 With complete control of the scene and screen, it is impossible to take your eyes from him.\u00a0 His words, vocal inflection and intonation rivals that of any Shakespearean actor.\u00a0 Known best for action roles in films like El Gringo, Expendables 2<\/em> and Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning<\/em>, his performances had little if any dialogue.\u00a0 Even in real life, Adkins is a man of few words.\u00a0 But here!\u00a0 He explodes with an intensity by words and action that is mesmerizing.\u00a0 Applause, Applause, Applause!<\/p>\n

Johnathon Schaech is deliciously malevolent as Amphitryon\u2019s right hand Tarak, exuding intimidating confidence with every move, every look.\u00a0 And again, chameleonic in look and accent.\u00a0\u00a0 A perfect actor-director relationship, Schaech and Renny Harlin are a match made in heaven.\u00a0 What was quite evident in 5 Days of War<\/em> with Schaech playing Captain Avaliani, goes to the next level with his performance as Tarak.\u00a0 New to me is Liam Garrigan.\u00a0 Infusing Iphicles with a wormy smarmy persona, Garrigan is a perfect wannabe for Adkins’ Amphitryon and a perfect foil for Hercules.\u00a0 The casting contrast in personality and physical stature between Garrigan and Lutz serves the story well.<\/p>\n

Roxanne McKee is an actress who is made for period pieces – no matter what the period.\u00a0 She is as strong here as the Queen as she is in Game of Thrones<\/em>.\u00a0 The icy delivery of dialogue when going toe-to-toe with Adkins is as powerful as the Queen’s heart is cold to the King.\u00a0 McKee does a beautiful job at showing tenderness towards Hercules and indifferent disdain to the King.\u00a0 Gaia Weiss exudes a virginal innocence with Harlin\u2019s camera capturing a luminescence that helps fuel the tender, softer and emotional side not only of the story, but of Lutz\u2019s performance as Hercules. A joy to see Rade Serbedzija reteam with Harlin as well.\u00a0 He blew me away in 5 days of War<\/em> as Col. Demidov and then in Angelina Jolie’s In the Land of Blood and Honey<\/em> as well as in the Melissa Rosenberg written series Red Widow<\/em>, but here, as Chiron, we see a soft, tenderness that is welcoming, like that of a kindly grandfather, providing a balance to the brutality of the father-son battles in THE LEGEND OF HERCULES.<\/p>\n

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Can’t say enough about the men from Down Under and Liam McIntyre does them proud.\u00a0 As anyone who’s seen him as Spartacus knows, McIntyre captures the essence of the period well and raises the bar with performance.\u00a0 He does the same here as Sotiris, imbuing him with palpable unquestioning loyalty and blind faith to Hercules. McIntyre brings a great emotional calm to tense situations, adds a grounding sensibility.\u00a0 And his chemistry with Kellan Lutz feels true and unbreakable.\u00a0 I genuinely felt they were brothers-in-arms that translated to brothers-for-life.<\/p>\n

With THE LEGEND OF HERCULES, it\u2019s easy to see Renny Harlin’s love for myth and the Greek myths as a whole.\u00a0 As the visuals unfold, it is clear he taps in to the little boy within himself, capturing the wide-eyed imagination of what he envisioned as a boy growing up reading the HERCULES stories.\u00a0 It is both enchanting and powerful to see this emotional point of view visually come forth on the screen.\u00a0\u00a0 The battle sequences are as powerful and commanding as any I’ve ever seen done and the use of not only 3D but slo-mo is mind-boggling.\u00a0 We are “in” the battle.\u00a0 The “gladiator”\u00a0 battle in the arena rivals those staged and lensed by DeMille in terms of spectacle, grandeur and intensity (and does give a visual nod to Disney’s John Carter, Spartacus, King of Kings<\/em>, etc.)\u00a0 HERCULES is replete with great cinematic and literary history touchstones that I just adore.\u00a0 Beyond stunning are some of the \u201cHerculean\u201d tasks performed, and none is more glorious than the creation of a lightening lariat from a sword which is then swung by Hercules through a temple courtyard.\u00a0 By far, my favorite\u00a0 wide-eyed wonder, mouth agape sequence VFX.<\/p>\n

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Technically masterful with the blend of 3D and slo-mo, Harlin together with cinematographer Sam McCurdy incorporates use of phantom 3D cameras which then puts a completely different spin on execution of stunts.\u00a0 For the extensive amount of battle choreography and wire work – not to mention the phantom 3D cameras – stunt coordinator Rowley Irlam is the best in the biz.\u00a0\u00a0 These are not easy stunts to choreograph and execute with regular 2D lensing, let alone 3D and slo-mo.\u00a0 There is an intricacy of design and execution when viewed in the context of spears, swords and leather gussets flying amongst heavy wire work.\u00a0 And the wire work is stunning.\u00a0 Stunt execution and choreography is stunning.\u00a0 And KUDOS to all the boys – Adkins, Lutz, McIntyre – for doing as much of their own stunts as possible.\u00a0 With the slo-mo and number of close and midshots it’s easy to see they aren’t faking and doubles aren’t doing all the heavy lifting.\u00a0\u00a0 Impressive is the use of the 3D in non-battle sequences as it metaphorically\u00a0 heightens the mythology in and of itself.<\/p>\n

Lutz gives great credit to stunt coordinator Irlam for making his work authentic and true to a Herculean effort.\u00a0 \u201cThat man is like Indiana Jones. You can have a stunt coordinator that knows his stuff but doesn\u2019t know how to work with actors, much like directors.\u00a0 I was blessed in this movie because Renny is such a visually stunning director but also knows how to work with actors.\u00a0 Rowley is the same way. . . I had to learn how to ride a horse as fast as I did.\u00a0 He made me feel like an all-star. . .He really built me up and that\u2019s all it takes.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Of course, the side effect of all the vigorous riding was \u201cchaffing. . .that\u2019s not quite fun when you\u2019re wearing a skirt and you don\u2019t have jeans on!\u201d\u00a0 Similarly, Lutz did extensive sword work and training with co-star Liam McIntyre who was already well acquainted with the art thanks to his prior work as Spartacus.\u00a0 \u201cLiam, being the fighter that he is, I went to him as humbly as I could and said, \u2018Look brother. I don\u2019t have time to learn will you help me?\u2019. . . He taught me how to use the mirror in my [home] to just draw 8 lines and stand there in front of it and act like I\u2019m the bad guy, just to get the flow of it, it\u2019s like a dance.\u00a0 The funny thing was he taught me what to do [demonstrating with his empty hand] was, as you\u2019re stabbing people you don\u2019t think about this hand.\u00a0 Most of the time they look like spirit fingers. . . So what we do is we take a little piece of metal to hold in our hands, \u2018cause its really hard to remember to do that [clenching the empty fist] but if you\u2019ree holding on to something that no one else can see, you get the strong strikes. That was a really great secret that he taught.\u00a0 He helped make me into Hercules.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Visual palettes are distinctive and diverse yet cohesive thanks to Luca Thanchino\u2019s production design.\u00a0 Sam McCurdy\u2019s lighting makes the most of each set and location, capturing the texture and darkness of blood-soaked grit and grime of battle as effectively as the sleek polish of midnight blue rain soaked nights and pastoral beauty of the quiet moments between Hercules and Hebe.\u00a0 The visuals are a significant contributing factor to the not only the overall tonal bandwidth of THE LEGEND OF HERCULES, but the metaphoric fuel balancing the emotional beats.<\/p>\n

But going beyond the visual and visceral spectacle, we “feel” these characters and we feel for them.\u00a0 We feel the rage, the anger, the hatred, the love, the loss, the pain, the lust for power and much of that is due to some superb casting with surprisingly excellent performances.\u00a0 The blend of story\/character\/casting\/action truly goes hand in hand.<\/p>\n

Scoring by Tuomas Kantelinen serves the story well, creating an ebb and flow of strength and power with lighter notes of quiet tenderness.<\/p>\n

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Bottom line – Performances are solid.\u00a0 Battles are beyond cool.\u00a0 3D flaming arrows shooting off the screen into the audience dazzle!\u00a0 Lightening bolt lariat is spectacular!!!!\u00a0\u00a0 Wire work is stunning.<\/p>\n

THE LEGEND OF HERCULES – a Herculean effort and experience.<\/p>\n

Directed by Renny Harlin<\/p>\n

Written by Sean Hood and Daniel Giat<\/p>\n

Cast:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kellan Lutz, Scott Adkins, Johnathon Schaech, Liam McIntyre, Liam Garrigan, Gaia Weiss, Roxanne McGee, Rade Serbedzija<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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