{"id":1169,"date":"2014-08-07T14:28:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T12:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2014-08-07T14:28:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T12:28:04","slug":"hercules-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2014\/08\/07\/hercules-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Hercules: Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After completing the 12 labours, as set out for him by the gods, Greek demi-god <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/Film\/1842\">Hercules<\/a> is now a sword-for-hire. Hercules and his team of warriors are tested, when the King of Thrace, and his daughter seek their aide against a tyrannical warlord.<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson, in the title role of Hercules, excels. He has a massive screen presence, not just in his physicality, but in the fact that he has the acting talent to back this up. His casting as Hercules is spot-on, and coupled with some dry comedic timing, and the fact that he is in his element, hints at the joy he must have experienced playing this role.<\/p>\n<p>Most viewers would by now have at least some knowledge about the legend of Hercules, and so, instead of revisiting this age old story, a new twist is added. Almost a &#8216;side mission&#8217; to the legend we all know, we are taken on new journey of Hercules, and are not privy to the plot twists and turns, that will keep viewers guessing.<\/p>\n<p>Hercules is a well acted, well cast, and well directed story, and while it is an action movie, it will appeal to a broader audience than just those who see the thrill of a battle of warriors.<\/p>\n<p>An enjoyable afternoon of action, with a stunning battles, and magnificent set pieces, Hercules opens 8 August 2014 in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After completing the 12 labours, as set out for him by the gods, Greek demi-god Hercules is now a sword-for-hire. Hercules and his team of warriors are tested, when the King of Thrace, and his daughter seek their aide against a tyrannical warlord. Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson, in the title role of Hercules, excels. He&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2014\/08\/07\/hercules-review\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hercules: Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}