Hercules

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Summary: Great color, but different script/ voiceover from original
Review: Nice to see this Steve Reeves classic in the original WIDESCREEN format. Very colorful images. Unfortunately, this version had different voice personalities. The original version had more punch to every line. Hercules delivers his lines very weakly and all the characters speak in more simple modern English phraseology.

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Summary: steve reeves is hercules!
Review: no,this isnt the greatest movie in the world, the voices are dubbed, the movie has no really good special effects like jason and the argonauts, but it does have the one and only hercules-steve reeves.as a boy growing up in the sixties, he was a child hood idle. who didnt want to be like hercules. he was as big as any baseball player, football star, or any other athlete in are time. no he wasnt a great actor, but he will always have a big impact in my life and im sure other people in that era. i just recently learned about steve reeves passing away.i just wanted to thank him for being a boy hood super star and the one and only hercules.

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Summary: What a great pity
Review: This is without doubt the worst film transfer to DVD I have ever seen. I saw the film recently on TV and it was 10 times the quality of this DVD. Dont waste your money on this DVD.
It is an insult to modern technology and frankly a rip-off. Amazon should be ashamed of selling this product.

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Summary: Hercules (aka Steve Reeves!)
Review: This is a film I saw as a kid on a summer afternoon in one of those grand old downtown movie palaces and it's still my all-time favorite fantasy film. Steve Reeves is magnificent as the chiseled, moody Greek hero; his performace is timeless. My favorite scene has Hercules supplicating the gods to permit him to experience the joys and sorrows of human life. The heavens answer the hero's plea with a deluge of rain, freeing the hero of godhood. The script adapts episodes from the Labors of Hercules and the Quest for the Golden Fleece; sets and costumes suggest the rugged age of myth; supporting roles are played by attractive and competent performers. The dragon guarding the Golden Fleece is nothing to write home about, but who cares? ... we came to see Steeve! A classic not to be missed!

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Summary: Hercules Chained to TV Format.
Review: This is a review of the DVD by Gemstone Entertainment - ISBN 0-7694-1100-2, UPC 84296-40174. Judging by the price, the one listed here on Amazon.com is likely to be similar.

I would rate the movie itself as one of my all time favorite fantasy adventures, although many would view it as "campy" I view Steve Reeves as the best Hercules ever.

I was rather disappointed that the DVD was a formatted-for-TV version of the movie, apparently made from a rather faded print of the film. The sound was generally out of sink with the actors lips. (Stopping and restarting my SONY player did not fix the problem.)

I'm glad I have some version of this movie in my library. Hopefully a restored, letterboxed version will be done someday.

Rating:
Summary: Hercules Chained to TV Format.
Review: This is a review of the DVD by Gemstone Entertainment - ISBN 0-7694-1100-2, UPC 84296-40174. Judging by the price, the one listed here on Amazon.com is likely to be similar.

I would rate the movie itself as one of my all time favorite fantasy adventures, although many would view it as "campy" I view Steve Reeves as the best Hercules ever.

I was rather disappointed that the DVD was a formatted-for-TV version of the movie, apparently made from a rather faded print of the film. The sound was generally out of sink with the actors lips. (Stopping and restarting my SONY player did not fix the problem.)

I'm glad I have some version of this movie in my library. Hopefully a restored, letterboxed version will be done someday.

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Summary: Herc Was Cool
Review: This is a very badly acted film, but it's still fun to watch, maybe partly for that. This is what started all the muscle guy movies. If you take this seriously, you'll vomit. The dubbing alone is enough to get your stomach churning. Have your friend talk while you move your lips, not knowing what your friend will say, & you get the idea. Anyway, the main reason for this film is to show off Steve Reeves' great build. He's buff & tuff. Herc's cool. If you watch this with the same attitude as looking at an old comic book, you'll like it, I think.

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Summary: As hokey as it gets
Review: This is possibly the hokeyest (is that a word?) movie I have ever seen. Steve Reeves as Hercules stands around gleaming and preening, and seems curiously uninterested in the Amazon women, the princess he meets on the beach, etc etc. I think it's clear why he was "Raging in the Time of Orgy" as the previews for this movie state. The color is so bright it almost gives you a headache, and the storyline is difficult to follow, but as a rainy Saturday laugh-it-up diversion, it doesn't get much better than this.

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Summary: What a great pity
Review: This is without doubt the worst film transfer to DVD I have ever seen. I saw the film recently on TV and it was 10 times the quality of this DVD. Dont waste your money on this DVD.
It is an insult to modern technology and frankly a rip-off. Amazon should be ashamed of selling this product.

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Summary: Any Chance To Watch Steve Reeves Is Worth It!
Review: This movie is a wonderful treat for those of us who marveled at Steve Reeves and his awesome presence in a series of otherwise forgettable 1960s sword and sorcery adventures. Reeves, a former Mr. America and Mr. Universe, was absolutely stunningly handsome, and as a result became the perfect archetype for young pubescent males looking for a role model. While his wonderful baritone voice was dubbed (much later I heard him talk on "Entertainment Tonight" about the newer types of bodybuilders coming to the fore under the influence of steroids, and he squawked out an answer in a tinny little voice that made one instantly realize why he never achieved wider stardom in more diverse American films.

But he was all beef and brawn here, and with the magic of a well-dubbed vocal effort became the star of the decade. This was his first role, as the immortal Hercules, and he plays the part well. As someone who saw the movie dozens of times in the theaters, believe me, it was all Reeves that explained the hit movie and the string of successors that followed. Of course, film producer Joseph E. Levine threw in the lovely Sylvia Koscina and a veteran cast of character actors. The special effects are a bit dated, and the sets are nice, but any chance to watch Reeves going through the motions is an exercise in watching someone so handsome and so well built that none of the rest of it mattered. Not a great movie, but one that is fun to watch to remember way back when....Enjoy!