After surviving an Uriah Gambit, he takes the name Hercules so that Alcides can be reported as dead. Faking the Dead: Hercules is at first known by his birth name Alcides, but was named Hercules by Hera.Everybody Loves Zeus: Hera allowed her husband to cheat on her with Alcmene so that Hercules could be born and become a hero to Greece.Hercules at the end makes a similar offer to Amphitryon but the latter refuses. Combat by Champion: Amphitryon conquers Argos by killing the King.Casting Gag: Kellan Lutz, a devout Christian in real life, playing the Greek demigod Hercules.Bloodless Carnage: To the point that what seems like a decapitation ends up with the dead person having his helmet knocked off with the head still on his shoulders.She stabs herself through the chest, barely missing her heart to hit his through her back, and amazingly survives. Attacking Through Yourself: This is how Iphicles is killed when he holds Hebe hostage.The name Hercules itself is the Roman form of the Greek Herakles.The Greek soldiers use a testudo formation, and call it by that (Latin) name.The Romans invented Gladiator Games, not the Greeks. And Now You Must Marry Me: Iphicles tries to force Hebe, Hercules's love interest, into a marriage.Adaptation Species Change: Chiron is a centaur in the original myths, but here he is a normal human.

It also stars Scott Adkins and Liam McIntyre, and is directed by Renny Harlin.

The Legend of Hercules is a 2014 film starring Kellan Lutz as the titular Greek hero of Classical Mythology, who is destined to stop the mad king Amphitryon's rule.

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