The Legend of Hercules
Summary
Kellan Lutz’sThe Legend of Herculesdidn’t pose well with critics , and this go on an inauspicious streak for the actor ’s picture show . Lutz got his big break in Hollywood in the 2006 movieStick It , and thing quickly took off from there . He has since appeared in several movies nearly every yr , and franchises likeTwilightmade him even more intimate to audiences . unluckily , chair up toThe Legend of Hercules , Lutz was stuck in a pretty grimRotten Tomatoesstreak , and the 2014 film did nothing to meliorate it .
A decade after its initial going , The Legend of Herculeshas joinedNetflix ’s US Top 10 movies , which is surprising turn over it was a critical and financial flop . Lutz ’s 2014 movie was criticized for its dim sets , cheap - look particular effects , and for diverging from the traditional mythology of Hercules . Of naturally , this all makesThe Legend of Herculesthe everlasting guilty - pleasance vigil , which is likely the reason for its Netflix success . However , when looking at Lutz ’s filmography , this picture show was n’t his first ( or last ) vital floating-point operation .
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2014’s The Legend Of Hercules Continued Kellan Lutz’s Bad Rotten Tomatoes Streak
By the timeThe Legend of Herculeshit theaters in 2014 , Lutz was in the middle of a long and dismalRotten Tomatoesstreak . This all started withStick Itin 2006 , which , though it got a 73 % audience score , only managed 32 % from critics . This repeated again and again for years . EventheTwilightmovies , which germinate a cult following and received fair audience wads , could n’t be confused for vital masterpieces . WhenThe Legend of Herculeshit theaters and only managed a 5 % critic scotch , Lutz had n’t played in a exclusive movie that scored above 50 % .
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Rotten Tomatoes Critic Score
2006
puzzle It
Starring Kellan Lutz in the title role, The Legend of Hercules is a 2014 action movie that retells the myth of Zeus' most famous demigod son. After being betrayed by his stepfather, Hercules is sold into slavery and forced to fight in gladiatorial games. With the help of a fellow slave, Sotiris (Liam McIntyre), Hercules escapes and returns to his homeland to overthrow his stepfather and reclaim his rightful place as king.
32 %
Accepted
38 %
2008
Prom Night
9 %
Twilight
49 %
2009
The Twilight Saga : New Moon
28 %
2010
A Nightmare on Elm Street
14 %
The Twilight Saga : Eclipse
47 %
Meskada
33 %
2011
Love , marriage , Marriage
0 %
Immortals
The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn Part 1
25 %
A Warrior ’s Heart
17 %
2012
The Twilight Saga : give out Dawn Part 2
2013
Syrup
Tarzan of the Apes
20 %
2014
5 %
The Expendables 3
31 %
Kellan Lutz Has Only Starred In 2 Movies That Weren’t “Rotten”
AfterThe Legend of Hercules , Lutz had one more film trash by critics ( The Expendables 3 ) before hisRotten Tomatoesstreak was finally give way . The 2015 filmExperimenterhas an 85 % " Certified sassy " score , which is still Lutz ’s high yet . Unfortunately , this was immediately followed by the 2015 filmExtraction , which only managed a 6 % grievance . In the years since , Lutz had added six more movies to his filmography , and only one,2016’sThe Osiris Child , was n’t " Rotten . "
Some of the Twilight cast were a minuscule too old to dally their quality , while others were technically way too unseasoned to play perpetual vampires .
Of course , this is n’t to say that Lutz is n’t a gifted actor or that his movies are irrefutably " spoiled . " Many of the projects in his filmography , including theTwilightmovies , make out excellent audience scores onRotten Tomatoes , andThe Legend of Hercules ' succeeder on Netflix proves that it has value as a source of amusement . in the end , not every project bring forth by Hollywood is what critic are calculate for , and it seems that Lutz has a exceptional gift for regain them .
Source : Rotten Tomatoes
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Starring Kellan Lutz in the title office , The Legend of Hercules is a 2014 action motion-picture show that retells the myth of Zeus ' most famous demigod son . After being betray by his stepfather , Hercules is sold into slavery and forced to struggle in gladiatorial game . With the help of a fellow slave , Sotiris ( Liam McIntyre ) , Hercules get away and returns to his mother country to overturn his stepfather and reclaim his true place as business leader .
