Hercules and the Lost Kingdom
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Hercules and the Lost Kingdom | |
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Written by | Christian Williams |
Directed by | Harley Cokeliss |
Original release | |
Release | May 2, 1994 |
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Hercules and the Lost Kingdom is the second
In the film, Hercules comes to the aid of a young woman who is seeking the lost city of Troy. Eventually, Hercules leads her to a camp of refugees from the city, which has been taken over by Hera's Blue Priests. Hercules helps the refugees take back the city.
Plot
Three foot messengers are running along the riverside, one of them stops to take a drink from the river. As he stoops down to quench his thirst, a female figure composed of water rises out of the river and pulls him under, drowning him. While the other two men run on, one man is hit by a boulder and killed, and the remaining man escapes.
Elsewhere, a young woman is collecting flowers when the ground begins to shake. She flees back to the village to warn them that a
Hercules and Deianeira head on to Troy, they arrive at the ocean and the figure standing on the cliffs summons a
Hercules tutors the people of Troy and prepares them to battle to take back Troy. Deianeira realizes that the people cannot beat the Cult of the Blue Priests and goes looking for the Blue Priest. The people notice that Deianeira is missing and Hercules and the people use a tunnel to get into the city. As the people fight the cult members Hercules goes looking for Deianeira, he finds her about to be sacrificed to Hera and saves her. The Blue Priest and Hercules fight and Hercules cuts off the Priest's head. A huge storm approaches, and Zeus tells Hercules that Hera is coming for Deianeira, Hercules saves her and Hera takes Hercules instead. As Deianeira is crowned Queen of Troy, Hercules is thrown down from the sky elsewhere. A man approaches him asking him for help, Hercules agrees and the two men walk off to the next adventure.
Cast
- Kevin Sorbo as Hercules
- Renee O'Connor as Deianeira
- Anthony Quinn as Zeus
- Robert Trebor as Waylin
- Eric Close as Telamon
- Elizabeth Hawthorne as Queen Omphale
- Nathaniel Lees as Blue Priest
- Onno Boelee as Gargan the Giant
Production
Casting
Waylin (Robert Trebor) was originally intended to become a recurring character in the television series, but the producers felt that the character runs its course in the movie and had limited potential after, so the character of money-making Salmoneus was created for Trebor instead.
This is Renee O'Connor's first appearance in the shared Hercules-Xena universe
Elizabeth Hawthorne, who played Queen Omphale, went on to play Hercules' mother in the TV series.
Nathaniel Lees went on to have numerous different roles in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess and Young Hercules.
Characters
The "Deianeira" character (played by Renee O'Connor) is not the same character as Hercules' future wife Deianeira (portrayed by
See also
External links
- Hercules and the Lost Kingdom at IMDb