Hercules

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Summary: The First "Reel Action Hero" Survives!?
Review: This old dubbed in and poorly acted epic is actually entertaining in its own right.Some of the transparent plot sequences are a joy despite their obvious nature. I have never forgotten that scene where Hercules threw the Discus into the heavens at the shock of all onlookers or when he fought the Creten Bull as a mortal and actually bleed. It does not matter that the Creten Bull was just an ordinary steer, as the scene like all the action scenes involving Steve Reeves have "reel pathos" and Reeves has that nieve goodness that prevails against all odds as if Good will ultimately triumph over evil. Even the phony tough guy voice that is dubbed in for Reeves fails to undo the pristine quality of Hercule's very admirably human traits.