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Checkout FunnyFact.com | SuperHeroBooks - Hercules/The Adventures of Hercules
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List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $5.33
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Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Lou Ferrigno, Milly Carlucci, Sonia Viviani, William Berger, Carla Ferrigno
Directed By: Luigi Cozzi
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0027616925701
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-07-12
Running Time: 188
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 1983-08-26
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Summary: Lou Ferrigno - nuff said!
Comment: Seriously, value for money, although its got cheesy 80's special effects etc, it is Lou Ferrigno in the best shape of his younger years, and for any Lou fan I recommend this, also for the nostalgia value if you were one of the ones who saw these movies at the cinema as a kid.
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Summary: What?
Comment: I have no idea what went wrong. The cast seems like a dream: Lou Ferrigno certainly fits the bill (and he CAN act) but is terrible here, William Berger (star of numerous Italian Westerns) is given little to do but stroke his beard and Sybill Danning only redeems herself by the amount of flesh she has on display. The music is great, but is greater than the film it's playing for. The whole thing seems to be taking itself far to seriously for what it is.
I know something like this could work as camp fun, but it just seems dead.
And the second film isn't even worth talking about.
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Summary: Reminds me of the Steven Reeves days
Comment: Lou Ferrigno is truly a monster among body builders. Okay, the acting isn't that great, and the special effects are kind of corny, but even with the multi-million dollar big budget movies you see things that are just to far fetched. One look at the new version of King Kong and I need not say more.
Ferrigno reminded me of the old 60's versions of Hercules starring the great Steve Reeves. It was entertaining and that's what I look for in a movie.
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Summary: If you grew up watching it
Comment: See I grew up watching cheap and cheezy movies like this one so I appreciate it differently. For the most part its a good movie in the sense that it shows some of the old greek gods such as Zeus, Posiedon, Athena and so on and so on. I like the greek mythology, so if u do too then this is an adventurous movie for you to watch. Its also casting Lou Ferigno, who to me is pretty good at playing hercules and taking on the treacherous villains that await him. Sorry I was supposed to keep this short, anyway overall the movie is a classic and a adventurous one for an 80's movie so I'd have to give it a 3 star rating.
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Summary: Good and Really, Really Bad
Comment: The first movie here is pretty good, al lthings considered. It's plot moves along nicely and there are pretty girls to look at while Lou Ferrifno whomps on some special effects that, while mechanical, are reminiscent of Ray Harryhausen. The first movie is colorful and had a reasonable budget for special effects. I give the first movie a 5 for being such an ernest film, despite how it slaughters Greek Mythology and has a lot of bad acting. There's a lot of fighting and the monsters are kind of cool. Did I mention the ladies are pretty?
The second movie here just stinks. Unlike the first film which was colorful, now most of it seems to be shot in the same small forest. Instead of special effects involving mechanical monsters, Hercules is fighting people in various rubber suits most of the time. There is a tiny bit of claymation, but if you've seen the medusa scene from Clash of the Titans, you've already seen this scene and seen it done better. The other monster that was sort of vaguely cool was the first one, but it looked almost exactly like the monster from Forbidden Planet. The final fight scene is too horrible to describe. The ladies in this movie are kind of pretty, but nothing that would make this movie a guilty pleasure.
I've seen the first movie lots of times and enjoyed it. I will enver watch the second movie again. If the first movie is cheaper seperately, buy it. If the set is the same price or cheaper, you might as well get it.
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HERCULES: Original Theatrical Trailer HERCULES II (ADVENTURES OF HERCULES):
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