The Legend Of Hercules Tamil Dubbed Movie

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Greekmyths don't always have positive messages, but this one encourages people to never give up, to have hope that there's a way out of unthinkably awful situations, and to make your time with those you love count.

Hercules loves Hebe so much he will stop at nothing to return to her. Queen Alcmene doesn't agree with her husband's power-hungry, bloodthirsty tendencies, so she dedicates her son to be an agent of good, for the gods and their kingdom.

Mostly stylized violence like in the movie 300 with slow-motion war shots that then speed up. Lots of sword-on-sword violence but also Gladiator like arena fighting. High body count: men mostly die in battle usually from being stabbed. A man kills his wife with a dagger but makes it look like a suicide. Hercules wields the power of lightning in his sword. Men are shown hanging and speared.

One love scene between Hercules and Hebe that starts with kissing and then cuts to them discreetly under a sheet, but still caressing and kissing. In one scene, a woman moans as she is impregnated by an invisible Zeus. The king is shown touching two different women whom he ushers into his bedchambers.

Parents need to know that The Legend of Hercules is a fantasy adventure based on the Greek myth of Hercules, the demigod son of Zeus. The movie contains a mix of stylized and realistic violence that leads to a high body count: sword fights, battle scenes, hangings, and up-close deaths. Hercules and his beloved Hebe kiss passionately several times and make love once, but all that is visible is shoulders and backs. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.

THE LEGEND OF HERCULES follows the origin story of the Greek demigod Hercules (which is actually the Roman name for Heracles), son of the god Zeus and the mortal Queen Alcmene (Roxanne McKee). Upset by her husband, the bloodthirsty King Amphitryon's (Scott Adkins) power-hungry wars, Alcmene begs the gods to stop him. As an answer to Alcmene's prayers, the goddess Hera allows Zeus to impregnate her with a son to be referred to as Hercules. The strapping baby boy grows up to be the barrel-chested Alcides (Kellan Lutz), who's in love with the neighboring kingdom of Crete's Princess Hebe (Gaia Weiss). Unfortunately for Hercules, his father the king betrothes his older brother (Iphicles) to Hebe. Unwilling to accept the wedding, Hercules is ordered away to Egypt, where he's sold as a slave and eventually returns to Greece as a fighter intent on winning his freedom and reclaiming the love of his life -- while also accepting his identity as Zeus' son.

Unless you are going solely for the excuse to stare at shirtless actors for 99 minutes, there's no reason to bother with Hercules. The action sequences are poor imitations of Gladiator, 300, and nearly every other ancient-legend drama, and the dialogue is laughable but not laughable enough to make the action-adventure campy or "so bad it's good."

Lutz looks and acts like a bleached and tanned college kid who spends all his time in the gym, and his beloved Princess Hebe is apparently only capable of one facial expression -- whether she's staring at a half-naked Hercules emerging from water, contemplating jumping to her death to escape an arranged marriage, or grieving her love's supposed death. The one bright spot in the cast is Liam McIntyre, who starred as Andy Whitfield's replacement on the Starz show Spartacus. He's a talented actor who deserves more than this forgettable swords-and-sandals fare.

But why is 2014 so primed for brawny mythological types? Chalk it up to a fondness for old-school escapism and beefy men in skimpy clothing, or the fact that 2010's Clash of the Titans and 2012's Wrath of the Titans made money.

But if you're going to have two similar movies released so close together, you really ought to have a winner and a loser. So here's a point-by-point comparison of this year's Hercules movies, with the champion going on to live forever in Hollywood Elysium, and the loser doomed to Hades (where, The Rock's Hercules suggests, "the fun people are").

Let's start with the $70-100 million question...but was there ever really a question to begin with? Twilight alum Kellan Lutz has an impressively square-shaped head and can flex a mean pectoral muscle, but he's not what most would describe as a world class leading man. And while Hercules is a character who's more prone to action than emotional complexity, he does require enough charisma to convincingly rally an army. Lutz can serve as an onscreen beefcake just fine, but he's nowhere near the artist formerly known as The Rock, who, in Hercules, once again shows off his underappreciated skills as an awesome B-movie star.

While Johnson does eventually doff his armor (which comes with built in abs!) to reveal he's this massive, veiny, upside-down Great Pyramid of muscle, Lutz commits to going topless and getting oiled up for what has to be at least 80% of The Legend of Hercules, and that's the kind of initiative that has to be rewarded.

On the other hand, Hercules, which is written by Condal and Spiliotopoulos, draws from a graphic novel by the late Steve Moore and is set in an ancient world without evident magic. Hercules has deliberately cultivated his own personal legend with the help of his storyteller nephew Iolaus (Reece Ritchie). He may be strapping and an imposing fighter, but he also gets by with the help of his fellow mercenary friends, the Amazon Atalanta (Ingrid Bols Berdal); the seer Amphiaraus (Ian McShane); the traumatized, silent Tydeus (Aksel Hennie); and sassypants knifeslinger Autolycus (Rufus Sewell). It's an unusual enough take on the myths to make the story a little more unexpected.

The Legend of Hercules, directed by slowly fading studio-helmer Renny Harlin (of Deep Blue Sea and The Long Kiss Goodnight), goes for a 300-aping, speed-ramping style of action that looks curiously dated, if such a thing can be said of copying a movie from eight years ago. It also makes obvious concessions to the 3D in which it was shown in theaters that, on home video, looks a little weird.

Ratner may not be a standout filmmaker either (his X-Men: The Last Stand was a very frustrating installment in a mostly strong franchise), but he allows the grounded nature of the Hercules premise to translate to its action. Hercules looks like a very expensive episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, but that's not such a bad thing. Its shield-and-spear battles are visually coherent. Johnson, wielding a club, is given fight choreography that befits someone who's supposed to be improbably strong, and it's entertaining to watch him muscle his way across a battlefield.

Hercules famously killed the Nemean Lion, the Lernaean Hydra, and the Stymphalian Birds. He also famously cleaned the Augean stables, which were filled with immortal livestock and their immortal poop. Shockingly, neither The Legend of Hercules nor Hercules includes this riveting installment in their tales of adventure.

Despite being unceremoniously hidden from critics until the last minute, Hercules is a scruffily entertaining sword-and-sandles movie that people will eventually happily watch on basic cable while hungover some weekend a year or two from now. It's also another reminder of Johnson's reliable star wattage. He may not be playing a confirmed demi-god, but he's consistently watchable in a way that sure looks like its own divine talent.

In this treatment of the Greek legend Hercules (Kellan Lutz) is the demigod son of the Zeus and a mortal woman, Queen Alcmene (Roxanne McKee). After King Amphitryon (Scott Adkins) betrays him, Hercules finds himself abandoned and sold as a slave because of his love for the Princess of Crete, Hebe (Gaia Weiss). Using superhuman powers Hercules fights to return to his kingdom and assume the throne. Also with Liam Garrigan, Liam McIntyre and Rade Serbedzija. Directed by Renny Harlin. [1:39]

LANGUAGE 2 - 1 anatomical term, 2 mild obscenities, name-calling (fool, half-wits, coward, muttering coward, miserable, gutless, tyrant, traitors, savior, mad [crazy], imposter, liar), stereotypical references to men, women, heroes, corrupt leaders, supernatural beings, rebellious villagers, 2 religious exclamations (May your mother's gods be with you, Father [Zeus] I believe in you!).

SUBSTANCE USE - A few men drink wine from silver cups at a banquet, warriors drink wine from wooden cups on a boat, and a few male spectators hold wooden cups of wine and do not drink at a fighting match. Incense burners around a palace throne room fill the air with misty smoke.

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