![]() ![]() ![]() Action scenes come across well if you can see past the artificial quality to them. What I can say for better or worse, like most 4K transfers, all of the CG is amplified. Framed at a 2.40:1 aspect ratio, clarity and detail get a moderate uptick, giving fight scenes with debris a noticeable upgrade.Īs anyone who has seen this film knows, there is a lot of CG, with the entire movie being shot on greenscreen. Shadow definition also gets an impressive uptick, becoming deeper and more detailed. As artificial as this color palette is, there is a certain beauty in the richness of the colors which is amplified in 4K thanks to the HDR here. A CG heavy affair digitally filmed with a Red Epic camera and mastered in a 2K source definitely gives this release a legitimate reason for the double dip onto 4K. The Legend of Hercules hacks and slashes its way onto Ultra HD with a 2160p HEVC/.H265 encoded transfer that is truly better than the film deserves. ![]() Once started, the Ultra HD disc brings us straight to the main menu featuring clips from the film rather than a still image, allowing us to navigate from there. Inside its hardcover keepcase lies a BD-60 Ultra HD Blu-ray, along with a BD-50 Blu-ray that features the standard and 3D version of the film, as well as a Digital HD Ultraviolet digital download code. Lionsgate trots The Legend of Hercules onto Ultra HD with standard slip cover. Instead, the film lamely tries telling a rote story we’ve seen a dozen times before while masking it behind a recognizable character who hasn’t been on the big screen for some time.įor a more in-depth review of The Legend of Hercules, check out the full review of the 2014 Blu-ray release HERE. Though they kept calling our lead Hercules, there was no connection to the imposing figure we have come to know. But what bothers me the most about The Legend of Hercules is the fact that they had absolutely no intention of respecting the source material and telling a story that serviced the beloved title character. This film truly gives the phrase "rote storytelling" a new name. Take the plot of Gladiator, change Maximus' name to Hercules (Kellan Lutz), add a visual style that would make 300 seem restrained, and you have this unoriginal dribble. right? Well, not with The Legend of Hercules, a movie so inept, and riddled with unoriginal, half-baked ideas, one doesn’t even know where to begin. Throw in a schlocky filmmaker like Renny Harland and it’s a sure bet that’s what I am getting. The bigger the train wreck, the more fascinating it is to me to pick apart and dissect. ![]()
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