Hercules Unchained
Certified Crap. CrapScore 58, rated by 1 admin.
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Hercules takes a disastrous drink and forgets the diplomatic mission while everyone else develops a crisis. Steve Reeves supplies the heroic silhouette as mythology becomes a series of romantic and political complications. Some fights are awkward, but the grand pageantry never doubts itself.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 5.5/10
- Plot
- 7.5/10
- Effects
- 3.5/10
- Dialogue
- 5.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“The demigod has forgotten his appointment with history.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 58
Synopsis and movie facts
En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.
- Released
- 1959
- Directed by
- Pietro Francisci
- Running time
- 98 min
- Original title
- Ercole e la regina di Lidia
Starring
- Steve Reeves as Ercole (Hercules)
- Sylva Koscina as Iole, bride of Ercole
- Sylvia Lopez as Queen Onfale, of Lidia
- Gabriele Antonini as Ulisse, son of Laertes
- Primo Carnera as Anteo, the giant
- Patrizia Della Rovere as Penelope
- Sergio Fantoni as Eteocle
- Fulvia Franco as Anticlea
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Hercules Unchained (1959), directed by Pietro Francisci. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · millionmonkeytheater.com
The review describes the mythological liberties and grand spectacle but finds some sword fighting conspicuously unconvincing. Full review text consulted on 2026-11-10.
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