Hercules DVD

Half Man. Half God. All Power.

This is the story of the legendary half-man, half-god, from his supernatural birth, the adolescent discovery of his powers, his passionate loves, and, above all, his heroic feats that awed the world.

Hercules mother, Alcmene (Elizabeth Perkins, Finding Nemo), Princess of Thebes and high priestess of Hera, the supreme goddess, conducts a Harvest Festival ritual that offends both Hera and the all-powerful god Zeus. That very night, as Alcmene awaits the return from war of her husband, Amphitryon (Timothy Dalton, The Living Daylights), she is violated by the licentious Zeus and finds herself carrying what she believes to be the great gods child. Alcmene has twin boys - one fathered by Amphitryon and one by Zeus. But which is which?

When she determines which baby is Zeus offspring, she names him, in irony, "Hercules meaning Glory to Hera, and from the outset he is reviled and rejected by his mother. All of Alcmenes attempts to kill the baby Hercules fail, and he grows into a strapping young man, clumsy and unaware of his great physical strength. His special prowess is recognised by Amphitryon, who comes to believe he is the son of Zeus, and becomes his foster father, overseeing his training in martial arts and feats of strength.

The grown-up Hercules (Paul Telfer, Spartacus) weds Megara (Leeanna Walsman, Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones), who does not return his love, in an arranged marriage designed to bring him nothing but trouble. Unbeknownst to Hercules, Megara and their three sons are also tools of the vengeful Hera, working against him through his mother Alcmene. After a drugged Hercules is tricked into murdering his young sons, he is banished from Thebes. In order to atone for his sins, Hercules agrees to tasksimpossible challenges designed to destroy him set forth by Megaras new husband, King Eurystheus (Kristian Schmid, Neighbours), who is encouraged by Hercules jealous twin brother, Iphicles (Luke Ford, The Junction Boys).

As he embar