The film begins by recounting the legend of Hercules, with snippets of his famous 12 labors. But this is not the Steve Reeves version of the tale. Johnson’s Hercules (as envisioned by comic book ...

Also, Ratner’s exaggerated swagger was starting to feel dated by his last movie, 2011’s “Tower Heist.” And besides, Renny Harlin already gave us “The Legend of Hercules” earlier this year.

HERCULES” is the latest hit Disney movie. Rated G, it’s packing in the kids. It’s full of family values but not of fidelity. It falsifies the myth almost beyond recognition. The name ...

MIAMI (AP) — It was extremely hard for Dwayne Johnson to keep his "Hercules" look under wraps while filming the Brett Ratner-directed movie in Hungary last year. But he did it for the greater ...