**May Contain Spoilers**
Gordon Scott always seemed to have a good time playing Hercules and this time is no exception. Our brawny if not brainy hero is cruising the seas (with a ship that has a big "H" on the sail, possibly so he won't forget his name) when he rescues some Trojan prisoners from pirates. (Veteran villain Gordon Mitchell makes a brief appearance as the pirate captain who comes to an undignified end.) Hercules is told that the prisoners fled Troy so their daughters wouldn't be sacrificed to a hideous sea monster. Never ones to leave things alone, Hercules and his merry men go to Troy to set things a'right. In the film's short running time we're treated to several fights, spiked and poisoned boxing gloves, horses invulnerable to weapons, treachery, murder and the love sub-plot that these pictures just can't do without. The bug-eyed sea monster is sort of a cross between a beetle and a crayfish; it's good at swiping young virgins but no match for mighty men like Hercules and Company. When they lure the thing ashore it's only slightly more dangerous than the hydra in THE LOVES OF HERCULES and the short fight between the monster and the hero can hardly be called an epic battle. Maybe a sequel with both monsters should have been made, with the two critters boring each other to death. Another gem from Joseph E. Levine.
Gordon Scott always seemed to have a good time playing Hercules and this time is no exception. Our brawny if not brainy hero is cruising the seas (with a ship that has a big "H" on the sail, possibly so he won't forget his name) when he rescues some Trojan prisoners from pirates. (Veteran villain Gordon Mitchell makes a brief appearance as the pirate captain who comes to an undignified end.) Hercules is told that the prisoners fled Troy so their daughters wouldn't be sacrificed to a hideous sea monster. Never ones to leave things alone, Hercules and his merry men go to Troy to set things a'right. In the film's short running time we're treated to several fights, spiked and poisoned boxing gloves, horses invulnerable to weapons, treachery, murder and the love sub-plot that these pictures just can't do without. The bug-eyed sea monster is sort of a cross between a beetle and a crayfish; it's good at swiping young virgins but no match for mighty men like Hercules and Company. When they lure the thing ashore it's only slightly more dangerous than the hydra in THE LOVES OF HERCULES and the short fight between the monster and the hero can hardly be called an epic battle. Maybe a sequel with both monsters should have been made, with the two critters boring each other to death. Another gem from Joseph E. Levine.