"A fine chariot... but where are your horses?"

Hercules in New York was the debut of a cinematic legend, the cinematic legend Arnold Strong. Arnold Strong was a young bodybuilding machine from Austria with a thick accent and a body for the ages. And Mr. Strong had set his sight to becoming a leading actor and this was suppose to be his big break. At only 22 years old he was going to play Hercules, the same role as his idol Reg Park. What a way to conquer the silver screen.

The movie itself isn't any good but I was not bored by it. I do wish that I had seen the original cut and not the cinematic version. Although I saw the legend that is Arnold Strong, I kept wondering why he spoke perfectly English. Why was that? Well, the answer is Zeus had him being dubbed over because of his thick accent. I do know that there are versions out there with Strong's whole performance and that is one I tend to seek out in the future. In this one we see Hercules being down in New York with his best buddy Topcat, I mean Arnold Stang. We see him wrestle a bear in an epic scene, beating people up, questioning earthly stuff and getting into trouble. I won't spoil the plot for you, so you have at least something to look forward to!

Anyway let's be honest. Arnold Schwarzenegger's debut film isn't that good but it is an interesting watch to see one of my favorite actors of all time at the beginning of his legendary career and I think everyone can at least get some enjoyment out of this one. So if you like Arnie, give this one a chance!

Ha! This is hilarious. Arnold Schwarzenegger - going by the name of "Strong" on the titles, is the demigod son of Zeus (Ernest Graves) and he's bored hanging around Olympus keeping out of trouble. Finally his father loses his temper, hurls a thunder bolt at him and he ends up down on earth befriending the weedy "Pretzie" (Arnold Stang doing a vaguely Phil Silvers impersonation) and getting involved with some crooks who see his might as a meal ticket. What now ensues is just harmless, witless, fun with a confused mythology - Roman and Greek names for the gods are interchangeable; an Olympus that looks like the herb garden of an English stately home and luckily Arnie doesn't have to wrestle with ancient Greek, just with 1970s English. There can't have been much budget so don't be looking for visual effects or a tangy script - nope, none of that, just the future Governor of California looking almost cherubic in his spray-on shorts demonstrating the truthful nature of the American dream. Anyone can make it, however humble the beginnings.