This hokey and somewhat campy (look out for those sound effects!) concoction was the first Hercules movie, and apparently it made quite an impression, since it was followed by several sequels and remakes. Today, it is little more than a badly dubbed Italian time-passer, with uneven special effects (the dragon looks very phony, but the demolition of the palace at the end is well-done) and a muscular but not very compelling Steve Reeves as Hercules. By the way, Jason and the Argonauts seem to have more prominent roles than Hercules himself, and many facts of the legends (for example, the death of the evil king) are distorted. (**)
