Hercules

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Hercules

PG-13

2014

1h 37m

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

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Now a traveling mercenary, Hercules must once again become a hero to help the benevolent king of Thrace protect his people from a powerful warlord.

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Critics Consensus

Hercules has Brett Ratner behind the cameras and Dwayne Johnson rocking the loincloth -- and delivers exactly what any reasonable person reading that description might expect.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

Aug 14, 2019

The battle scenes between rival armies are ambitious and long, with a body count to rival 300, but Ratner's unremarkable direction offers no surprises.

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Jul 31, 2014

1.5/4

Everything Guardians of the Galaxy gets right with its mix of action and comedy, Hercules botches.

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William Goss

Austin Chronicle

Jul 30, 2014

Ratner has fashioned an adequate action-adventure around Johnson's horse-heaving he-man, a hero who's still larger than life even after the legend has supposedly been stripped away.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Jun 13, 2026

1.5/4

Before it’s all over, our hero will battle Narnia’s Aslan, throw a horse over his head, and be forced to wear a beard made from the hair off a yak’s testicles.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 21, 2022

2.5/5

It’s impossible to call “Hercules” a great movie mainly because it lacks originality and borrows too much from too many other films.

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Dan Brightmore

NME (New Musical Express)

May 25, 2021

3/5

Dwayne Johnson dispatches baddies with Arnold Schwarzenegger styled one-liners. In it he's not subverting his persona, as he did in Pain & Gain, but he can still sneer his through a pay off with aplomb...

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Paul J. F

@RT31168009 Jul 22, 2026

One of the worst big-budget movies ever made. All the actors are uninspiring and reading a crap script. That met with Brett Ratner's talentless direction yields a big steamy pile of you know what.

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Spencer D

@spdouglas25 Jul 18, 2026

Not a very good movie

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Reta R

@retaraeprod Jul 16, 2026

action packed nothing burger

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Mutalib A

@RT97954997 Jun 18, 2026

One of the best movies I watched growing up. It showed the real definition of strength and power. The story was good. Their video effects were also on another level.

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shane O

@Shanes_DVD_Shack May 8, 2026

The rock just looks silly with the long hair , the story was alright but not very well done , action wasn’t great it felt a bit made for TV. the ending was bad . I couldn’t recommend this to anyone

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Eric M

@RT25429651 May 7, 2026

Closer to bad, than it is to good. Saved by its cast, this movie offers very little to keep you on the edge of your seat as an action film. Past movies utilized cgi much better than Hercules.

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Synopsis

Now a traveling mercenary, Hercules must once again become a hero to help the benevolent king of Thrace protect his people from a powerful warlord.

Director: Brett Ratner
Producer: Beau Flynn, Barry Levine, Brett Ratner
Screenwriter: Ryan Condal, Evan Spiliotopoulos
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Flynn Picture Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Radical Studios, Paramount Pictures, Mid Atlantic Films
Rating: PG-13 (Epic Battle Sequences|Brief Strong Language|Partial Nudity|Suggestive Comments|Violence)
Genre: Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 25, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $72.7M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Datasat, Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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