Hercules in New York
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Movie Reviews of Hercules in New York
Movie Review: The Two Great Arnolds Meet
Summary: 3 Stars
Atlantic Monthly used to (and maybe still does) have a short column on unlikely, but true, meetings of historically significant figures. Frequently there would be some irony about the circumstances or the juxtaposition of the individuals and their images or personalities. Hercules in New York is a perfect, previously unrecognized joinup of two great Arnolds of American entertainment, Schwarzenegger and Stang. Ironically, at the time this was made, the diminutive and irritating Arnold Stang was the better known of the two, based on his television, commercial and cartoon voiceover work. Needless to say, the situations reversed over the next ... years, and in recent years Mr. Stang has been reduced to more voiceovers and occasional bit parts. Still, during his prime he cut a memorable swath playing the standard role of an ineffectual, undersized, asexual, wimpish, nasal voiced New Yorker, who nonetheless had an indefatigable drive as the foil for a main character who was more forceful, but less intelligent. It's a shame that today Arnold Stang isn't as well remembered as the individual who had second billing under the stage name of Arnold Strong. Both men in their own way have left an indelible mark on campy American entertainment.Movie Review: AAHHnoldtt is kool
Summary: 3 Stars
This was a very funny movie. It shows how green Aaahhhnolld was in his early acting career. I bought it to complete my Schwarzenegger collection of movies.Movie Review: hercules
Summary: 3 Stars
this movie is ok but not the
best ther are one thing I like
about it.it has arnolds real voice
to select on the menu
Movie Review: Super Schlock
Summary: 3 Stars
What would you expect from a movie with a title such as this? Can't be taken seriously... Amusing.Movie Review: Brilliantly Awful, Or Awfully Brilliant?
Summary: 2 Stars
14 years before he was The Terminator, and 12 before he was Conan, Austria's biggest import Arnold Schwarzenegger made his debut on the big screen as Hercules in "Hercules in New York". This film happens to turn out to be very awful because of its highly noticeable flaws, yet these flaws happen to make this one of the greatest in unintentional comedy.
Arnold's role as Hercules is hilarious at best. When listening to him speak in the non-dubbed version (I'll get to that in a bit!), his Austrian accent is so thick that it's hard to make out a good portion of the words he's saying. Keep in mind that this was filmed almost right when he got off the boat, and because of his accent, the audio was originally dubbed over, with the only audible sounds coming from the actors in the dubbed release. If you want sound effects, you have to watch the version with the original audio.
When it comes to the acting, well, I'll say that Hercules may be stronger than your average tree, but he sure is a lot more wooden. Arnold makes the same facial impression in almost every scene, and of course, he'll show off his abs because he didn't get the title of Mr. Universe for nothing. Then there's Top Cat, I mean, the late Arnold Stang, who just had to have phoned his performance in. As for the rest of the actors, they probably managed to take some people off the streets of New York and bribed them to act like 2 by 4's throughout the film.
Other crazy, noteworthy things to know about this film is that in "Mt. Olympus" (I use that loosely), they manage to have the traffic as bad as they have it in New York City. The sound effects in general sound cartoonish, whether it's a fight or whatever else happens to take place in the city that never sleeps. Speaking of fights, I saved the best part for last: the bear fight, or should I say, Arnold vs. some guy wearing a hand-me-down bear suit that looks like it was bought at Value Village for one dollar. If there is one reason you have to see that movie, it's that one-of-a-kind battle between demigod and beast.
When it comes to campy film that makes Ed Wood look like Stanley Kubrick, you can't go wrong with this classic. Of course, I'm not going to give it an all out 5 for how ridiculous it is, or a 1 for how many times it made me laugh, so I'll be fair and give it a 2 for managing to be one of those "so bad it's excellent" type of films. See it at least once; Lionsgate actually uploaded the full film for free on YouTube for the undubbed glory, and Hulu did the same for the less entertaining dubbed version.