Hercules
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: July 25, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
12
Negative:
7
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60
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghJul 25, 2014
There's a welcome lack of pretension to the proceedings. Stalwarts like Hurt and Ian McShane are on hand to class up the joint — everyone's got a British accent except for Johnson — while the predictable story bludgeons its way towards an inevitable conclusion. Read full review
60
The DissolveKeith PhippsJul 25, 2014
Brett Ratner remains a director of no great distinction, but here, he proves himself an adept orchestrator of battle scenes, clearly presenting the forces on both sides, and using clear, coherent editing and dynamic compositions. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJul 25, 2014
Hercules has no right to be as entertaining as it is. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanJul 25, 2014
Fast-paced, funny, and packed with – to indulge in a bit of ad-speak — eye-popping action. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeyJul 24, 2014
Sure, the film is crude, calorific and full of groanworthy half-jokes, but it holds together. It stacks up as an oafish pleasure for an undemanding summer – a rewriting of myths in scrawled crayon, with a nonchalant quality that makes its judiciously brief running time fly by. Read full review
60
EmpireDan JolinJul 23, 2014
With Hercules, Brett Ratner and Dwayne Johnson are out to entertain you — no more, no less. And that is just what they do. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 23, 2014
There are some rousing battle scenes, preceded by stirring addresses on the subject of going to Elysium – all cheekily borrowed from Ridley Scott's "Gladiator." Read full review
60
Total FilmJamie GrahamJul 23, 2014
By the beard of Zeus! Brett Ratner delivers fast, fun thrills to score a sound victory over Renny Harlin’s laborious The Legend Of Hercules. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliJul 26, 2014
Director Brett Ratner has always been associated with spectacle but, even for him, this represents a misstep because the "wow!" factor is muted. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJul 25, 2014
As the plot clogs up with foreseeable reversals, wisecrack duties go to Mr. McShane, whose oracular character keeps wrongly predicting his own death. Like Hercules, the movie is plagued by a split identity: It’s half-slog, half-Mel Brooks. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyJeff LabrecqueJul 25, 2014
When Johnson is wearing the head of the slayed Nemean lion in battle, walloping enemies with his tree-trunk sized club, and heaving charging horses to the ground with remarkable ease, he's in his Rock comfort zone. But as a tortured hero hampered by self-doubt, Johnson labors. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonJul 23, 2014
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. Read full review
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