Gripping story with well-crafted characters

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

The review that this is a sword and sandal movie nailed it. Beyond that what stuck out to me is how good everyone's teeth looked. Looked like a wall at an orthodontist.

This had the makings to be a iconic film in the same genre like 300, Troy, Gladiator, etc. but it just didn't get there. I watched it in 3D which definitely had added a point or two since that was done well. However, the movie itself was just lacking something. They had a great cast. No complaints on the acting. The script was a bit too corny at times. IMO if they would have stayed on task with just blending the myth with the history and not tried to force any silly dialogue in this movie would have been a classic. That and maybe added a bit more intensity ad length to the battle scenes. Many scenes just seem to get cut short. I know there is a director's cut that is just a little bit longer but I' not thinking the few extra minutes are going to make this one. This is not a waste of time by any means. Enjoy it as a simple sword and fantasy movie. Just don't have your expectations set for an iconic epic.

For Really Stupid. I pulled this up on Amazon Prime to have something to go with my Friday night bowl of buttered popcorn. There was more substance in my popcorn than in this movie.Dwayne Johnson should stick to comedy. This movie had a thin, predictable plot and shallow performances that were inevitable due to a weak script. I should have known better than to waste my time watching it--unlike the sword-and-sandal epics of the 1950s and 60s, this was pretty much aimed at an audience with the collective IQ of a swarm of lobotomized houseflies. Other than all of the gratuitous violence, there really wasn't much for this movie to hang its hat on. This makes the cornball "Legend of Hercules" look like high cinema. Maybe they should have hired Kevin Sorbo instead of "The Rock."

I stopped watching it after half an hour. Movies like Star Wars: Attack of the Clones have the same flaws (bad directing and awful screenplay) but at least they have awesome special effects and compelling action scenes. In this movie also CGI is cheap and the duel in the opening scene is ridiculous. Beautiful landscapes, that's the only good point and the reason I gave it 3/10 instead of 0 I don't demand historical accuracy or a perfect knowledge of classical mythology to enjoy a movie. I loved The Gladiator, for instance, but if you have to cook something up, do it well. Or, at least, don't call it 'Hercules' but give it a fantasy name.