I was a fan of Kellan Lutz since The Twilight saga movies and I still am. However, I was quite sure his movie "The Legend of Hercules" would not propel him to the same league as Robert Pattinson and true enough, this movie wasn't a hit and I think it fared poorly at the box office.
Starring Kellan Lutz as Alcides, otherwise known as Hercules, Gaia Weiss, Scott Adkins and so on, the story was slightly different from the ones that I know of. Kellan often played minor forgettable roles in other movies such as "The Twilight" saga, "Immortals" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and this is one of few movies where he played the lead role. Sadly, with his bulky built-up body with ripped muscles, he wasn't charismatic enough and wasn't able to draw the audience with his acting. I can't explain why but I guess it is one of those either you can make it or you don't scenarios.
On a personal level, I didn't think the movie was bad and I did enjoy it although if one was comparing it to the Twilight saga, then it wouldn't be good enough.
From the producer of the movie "300", this is another movie based loosely on the greek mythology. Starring Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, Kellan Lutz and so on, the movie trails the emotional journey taken by the jaded Theseus, who lost faith in the gods and his people, and after the slaying of his mother, went on to find the god created weapon Epirus Bow before leading his people to revolt against the arch villain Hyperion, Heraklion King of Crete.
Unknown to Theseus, he was guarded by the father of the gods Zeus since young, and grew up to become a great warrior. The gods from Mount Olympus were not supposed to interfere in the conflicts of mankind until the imprisoned titans are released from Mount Tartarus. In the fight against the titans, a few gods died and Zeus destroyed the temple in an attempt to kill the titans before returning to Mount Olympus with the body of his daughter Athena. With the aid of the Oracle and his newfound allies, he went on to defeat and kill Hyperion, and was ascended to the heavens as a god for what he did for his people.
The story continues as his son with the Oracle also inherits the power of future vision. Anyway, the movie was just passable for me.
