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Saturday 25 May 2019

Hercules in New York (1970)

Arnold Schwarzenegger's acting début has the hulking Austrian playing a bored Hercules, who leaves the safety of Olympus to flaff around on Earth, specifically NY. Billed as Arnold Strong, you'd never guess while watching that he'd go on to be one of the world's biggest action stars. But it's not just Arnie's emotionless delivery that ruins the production, the direction is flat as hell and the comedy, besides a few clever miscommunication puns, misfire's often.
It seems there's two different versions, one in which Arnie is dubbed by another actor and one in which he isn't. The version I watched definitely had the original voice, except for a short scene at the end. (88 min, PAL DVD.)

1 tipped chariot out of 5

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