Hercules Review: The (Not Now, But) Future King

There’s probably a great big, awesome movie from the first 15 minutes of Hercules. At the opening of Brett Ratner’s film, Hercules’ nephew, Iolas (Reece Ritchie) narrates the beginning of his behemoth uncle’s legend: born as a demigod, required to fight 12 creatures to prove his status.

Either he, or Ratner, is introduced as having a potential Oedipus complex. Following around…

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