Hercules (1983)
Hercules, a semi-divine being, squares off against King Minos, who is attempting to use science to gain power and take over the world. With the help of a benevolent sorceress, Circe, Hercules tries to save his beloved Cassiopeia from being sacrificed by Minos, and struggles against laser-breathing creatures and an evil sorceress.
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The Worst Film Ever
Horrible, fascist and poorly acted
I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
There's no doubt that this is a cheesy movie and not something I would recommend. At the same time, some of the goofy looking sets actually came off as a bit appealing. I guess it helps that Lou Ferrigno is a pretty appealing actor. This really has little do with Greek mythology or at least the story of Hercules. Come to think of, Disney's Hercules wasn't much about the actual mythology either. It ended up being better because it had a lot more spirit.The dumbest thing is probably how the villain uses giant robots. Honestly, this stuff is so ridiculous it makes "Power Rangers" look highbrow. Well, it actually was kind of entertaining with how colorful everything was. I probably should hate this movie, but I'll admit it was somewhat amusing. There have actually been a lot of bad Hercules movies out there, especially "The Legend Of Hercules". It just has too goofy a setup to like, but for me it wasn't horrible. **
What was that? Hercules (Lou Ferrigno) is a big man, like a King-Kong. In this stupid movie struggles against mechanical creature like a centaur or a fly. He is immortal and absolutely invincible and Minos cannot stop him.Zeus (Claudio Cassinelli) looks like Saint Nicolas in this funny show. His beard is so long and white :-).Immortals from Mount Olympus lives on the moon and Daedalus is a woman in this movie.Best scene: Hercules vs. Bear Very funny movie.
I accept bad movies with low budgets. But usually, its hard to me accept really, really bad movies with a reasonable budget! And "Hercules" is flagrant case. I know that Yoran and Globus productions are a quite "B", but they are reasonable in terms of cache, actually they are pretty reasonable for the "B" universe. I think Luigi Cozzi (the director), did a mediocre movie. The plot is absurd, makes no sense! King Minos is the bad guy? King Minos? but why? And what the hell are that robots? (Ray Harryhausen rip off?)If Hercules is so strong why he makes a such a brutal effort in a sword fight against normal human beings?? Well we never know..Oh one more thing, Daedalus, evil? a woman??!!...no comments.. With that budget, many directors could been done a much better movie.. But not everything is terrible in this movie, if you are in the mood for bad movies, call friends,and watch this incredible comedy! Tremendous fun! Trust me! If if you like this one, i recommend: "Hercules 2"(Luigi Cozzi) and maybe "Battle Beyond Stars" (well, don't ask me why, but i find similarities)"
I loved this movie, as well as Lou's Sinbad. One of my favorite features of the movie was the "dialog of the nod." If you watch most of the expository scenes you'll see the camera close-up is on the listener, not the speaker. So what you get visually is the reaction of the non-speaking actor. This seemed very consistent through the movie.I figured this trick was use to make dubbing in any language possible without bothering to lip-sync. But once you notice, it get pretty hilarious.The sound effects when Hercules throws the bear into space (it bounces around to the sound of a pinball machine) is another great cinematic moment; we watched this one scene half a dozen times, laughing our heads off.