Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) does a decent job as Hercules in this movie, although the script is lacking somewhat, so the most magnificent moments aren’t quite as strong they should be. There’s a good amount of action, not much in terms of boring bits, and there are some very strong scenes, some of which weren’t quite as well coordinated or memorable as they were in The Legend Of Hercules from the same year starring Kellan Lutz, while others were a bit better, so I rate this movie about equal to that one – maybe one level below since this movie is a bit less emotive, with a bit less of an action hero vibe. This movie, instead, has a bit more of a “can’t we all just get along” comradery vibe, which works ok in its own way, it just doesn’t knock your socks off.
Much like in The Legend Of Hercules, there are a few decent supporting cast members here, and a few mediocre. If we could some how combine the best of both movies, we may then have ended up with a single very strong Hercules movie in 2014, but instead we got a couple of movies that feel like they’re hitting a mark short of where they should be considering the core plot potential and the lead actor potential of each.