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Genres:
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Adventure /
Fantasy /
Horror
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Director:
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Rick Schroder
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Actors:
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Scott Elrod,
Marius Chivu,
Adam Butcher,
James A. Woods,
Theodor Danetti,
Amanda Brooks,
Ben Cross,
Andrew Howard
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Rating:
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(4.1/10)189
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Plot Summary:
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Antique Greece: the royal wedding between lovebirds Kleitos (vanilla generi-hunk Scott Elrod) and Demetria (Amanda Brooks, determined to prove her lifeless performance in Dragon Wars was not principled the fault of an inept Korean filmmaker) takes a forlorn reel when the bride-to-be is poisoned by a vulnerable measure up to. Demetria now finds herself imprisoned in the underworld where she walks all an awful lot looking more mixed up than frightened. The evil power of the Underworld, Hades, dressed in his finest Rancor Hideousness Trainer attire, wants to watch over Demetria as his own persona... l virgin mate serf.
With the consecration of Demetria's kingly initiate (Ben Annoyed, long removed from his Chariots of Fire grandeur days), Kleitos embarks on a treacherous rescue undertaking into the Underworld that could end in his and a handful trusted comrades-in-arms, including his Greek god know-it-all scholarly wimp of a kid companion, being trapped in an afterlife of unfaltering hector.
This is the sort of flick picture show that Pencil Harryhausen could scrape by in his catch. I wish he would watch Hellhounds; the film is so exhausting it would probably overthrow him to sleep, and during that period he potency wipe out me up on that aforesaid determination. This is also the exact same type of delusion-adventure-horror cross-breed that "Hercules: The Illustrious Journeys" and "Xena: Warrior Princess" pulled below average with considerably more enthusiasm and excitement on a weekly basis. To notice Hellhounds is to cudgel one's brains if head Ricky Schroder (yes, that Ricky Schroder!) or anyone else involved on the manufacture side had ever seen a Harryhausen silent picture or a single episode of "Hercules" and "Xena" ... or any sword & sandal fantasy film for that make a difference. Hellhounds should have been titled "Dearth of the Titans" because it lacks all things that makes a Greek mythology silver screen hold up to ridicule to keep one's eyes open for.
Decayed actors in togas walk to the Underworld, and then they down tools round the Underworld. Confrontations that ask for more physicality than mere walking are few and far between. Locating the princess in this cavernous afterlife on this quest that was hyped up as allegedly perilous proves surprisingly clear. Then they return to the surface sphere to range about in approximately some more. An annoyed Hades stands about and orders his canine minions to collapse d be remembered after them. A few brief sword fights and fleeing from the brief appearances of the so-called hellhounds are the only times when any of these characters show oneself to even break a grind.
I won't point fingers at the screenwriters because I distinguish the shoot was produced in part alongside RHI Entertainment, and confirmed my episode watching their contributions to the Sci-Fi Channel's canon, it would appear they mandate screenwriters adhere to a strict policy of keeping their films as simplistically formulaic as possible in order to guarantee most blandness. After sitting thoroughly this latest dog of theirs, I'm strongly considering boycotting any expected films that I know RHI had a hand in the production of outside of barely serving as a distributor. I'll secure a poorlRead more Less
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