Hercules 2014 123movies

Watch: Hercules 2014 123movies, Full Movie Online – 1400 B.C., a tormented soul walked the Earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) was the powerful son of the god King Zeus. For this, he received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors, and the death of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years, he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting, and the presence of death. These men and women never question where they go to fight, or why, or whom, just how much they will be paid. Now, the King of Thrace, Lord Cotys (Sir John Hurt) has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. It is time for this bunch of lost souls to finally have their eyes opened to how far they have fallen, when they must train an army to become as ruthless and bloodthirsty as their reputation has become..
Plot: Fourteen hundred years ago, a tormented soul walked the earth that was neither man nor god. Hercules was the powerful son of the god king Zeus, for this he received nothing but suffering his entire life. After twelve arduous labors and the loss of his family, this dark, world-weary soul turned his back on the gods finding his only solace in bloody battle. Over the years he warmed to the company of six similar souls, their only bond being their love of fighting and presence of death. These men and woman never question where they go to fight or why or whom, just how much they will be paid. Now the King of Thrace has hired these mercenaries to train his men to become the greatest army of all time. It is time for this bunch of lost souls to finally have their eyes opened to how far they have fallen when they must train an army to become as ruthless and blood thirsty as their reputation has become.
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Ratings:

	6.0/10 Votes: 156,911
	58% | RottenTomatoes
	47/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 3637 Popularity: 47.035 | TMDB

Reviews:

Of course, not the best movie but the cast is well chosen and delivers a good performance.

The intention is no more than doing an entertaining action movie, maybe a bit too violent for all audiences.

In any case, the fresh approach is to show a down to earth Hercules, not a demigod, but the actual product of the marketing for creating a hero and become a legend when centuries have past. Just for this it deserves some recognition.

Dwayne Johnson has always been able to give off that cheeky look, as if to say “Hey – I can’t believe I’m doing this for a living!” – here he manages to add “and, I’ll bet neither can you!”… Based loosely on Greek legend, he is the eponymous hero who has to rescue his perilously poised nephew “Iolaus” (Reece Ritchie) from a fate worse than death, then take his sword to work for the rather feeble King “Eurystheus” of Thrace (Joseph Fiennes) and his feisty daughter “Atalanta” (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal) against the ruthless Lord “Cotys” (John Hurt – a man who also looks like drink has been taken). Anyway, what now ensues is a collection of reasonably produced set-piece action scenarios as our demi-god must parry and thrust he way through all sorts of peril. Aside from the two at the top of the bill, it really does plumb the deaths of British cinema mediocrity – Ian MacShane and Rufus Sewell being chief amongst the acting “talent” that ought to have fallen on their swords shortly before the titles ran. The visual effects are fine, and there is plenty of adventure to be had – but the dialogue is banal and even the usually reliable Rebecca Ferguson can find nothing to spice this up. Pity – these are great and unlimited tales for the big screen; this one might just keep you entertained on a long train journey on your iPhone. Ham, anyone?

Gets better after 20 minutes, tries to be different
Firstly, the film has a slow start. We see almost motion comic footage of Hercules doing his 12 labours in slideshow form, with Hercules face hidden in silhouette. So I felt a little cheated. Then we have a scene which tries to set up what makes this version of the main character different than any other version we have seen before. I wont give it away, as its basically what the film is about. But it tries to play with our knowledge of him.

It doesn’t ignore the back story of his wife and kids, but glosses over those parts until it becomes necessary to divulge that information. Again, i think it would have been better to see it, rather than be told what happened. I knew his history and so was wondering if they would portray this properly. Instead they do something to set-up a villain for the end which I wont give away. Just know that they do tie up all lose ends as needed, but a prior knowledge of who this character is and what he has done does help the viewer understand his motivations and his life up to this point.

Its when the big war starts that you really sit up and start paying attention. Somehow watching the Rock talk doesn’t interest you, but when the fighting starts with the epic 200 people battle sequences, you suddenly see where the budget went, the fights are fantastic!

What is really great is how Hercules and his band of merry men (and woman) use smarts to outwit the enemy rather than simply use strength each time. That was clever. From the moment of that first fight the film moves up a notch and becomes excellent entertainment.

Its a historical film and tries to be serious about its overall message. Dwayne does a good job but he’s not going to win any awards for this. The other cast members actions are predictable and sufficient. But don’t really add much to the plot. They could have been written out and it would have changed nothing.

The running length is long enough to feel satisfied and not so long that it overstays its welcome. The plot twists you see coming a mile away but at least it tries to do them. Other than one characters actions near the end which was so obvious it was stupid to include.

In conclusion, its worth watching. It takes it times to grab you, but once it does it doesn’t let go. There are a few stretches of how strong Hercules is, but not enough for you to hate it. The 3D has its moments, but like most films I would rather have watched it in 2D as I don’t think it made a major difference and its more comfortable not having to wear those glasses with my head upright the entire time.

Surprisingly good
The movie is a period movie and full credit to Dwayne Johnson for playing the role with perfection. This movie might not be as grandeur as Gladiator or as gorgeous as 300 but still this movie possesses a charm in it. The start of movie is little slow but it will not disappoint you. If not perfect then a good period drama.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 38 min (98 min), 1 hr 41 min (101 min) (extended cut)
Budget 100000000
Revenue 244819862
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director Brett Ratner
Writer Ryan J. Condal, Evan Spiliotopoulos, Steve Moore
Actors Dwayne Johnson, John Hurt, Ian McShane
Country United States, Hungary
Awards 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Datasat, Dolby Atmos, SDDS, Auro 11.1
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arri Alexa XT, Panavision Primo, C-Series, ATZ and AWZ2 Lenses
Laboratory Company 3, London, UK (digital intermediate)
Film Length 2,687 m (6 reels)
Negative Format Codex ARRIRAW (2.8K)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Panavision (anamorphic) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision 2383), D-Cinema (also 3-D version)