# Hercules - the 2014 film (Open spoilers)

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**Created:** [July 31, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-the-2014-film-open-spoilers/694488 "2014-07-31T14:39:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-the-2014-film-open-spoilers/694488/1 "2014-07-31T14:39:41Z")

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I saw this film the other evening and enjoyed it. As a film, it’s very formulaic, but there’s some great scenery chewing by some of the actors, John Hurt in particular.

I was disappointed early on: they started off fine by using chariots, but later had riders with stirrups. The names of Hercules’s crew will be instantly familiar to anyone with even a modest knowledge of Greek myth.

Over here, the film is classified as 12A, and while there’s plenty of Thud and Blunder, there’s very little gore.

There’s a good deal of humour aimed at adults.

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**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-the-2014-film-open-spoilers/694488/2 "2014-08-01T16:09:27Z")

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I saw it this last weekend. It was better than I expected, although as the OP said, it was a little formulaic.

One thing that I noticed, well I guess failed to notice, then inferred afterwards: Dwayne Johnson has become a decent actor. Usually in his movies I notice him “acting” and just put it down to “well, he’s not in the movie for his acting”.

In this movie, I DIDN’T notice his “acting”, which led me to think that he actually did a pretty good acting job… since I didn’t notice it. That’s probably not very clear. 🙂

The scenery was very good, and the special effects were also enjoyable. I’d say go for it on the big screen.

J.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-the-2014-film-open-spoilers/694488/3 "2014-08-01T17:54:51Z")

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> [@jharvey963](#):
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> One thing that I noticed, well I guess failed to notice, then inferred afterwards: Dwayne Johnson has become a decent actor.

Now you mention it, you’re right.