"Who can forget Ferrigno's steel-studded leather loincloth ("sirloincloth'' to you), which made him look like a Saran-wrapped side of beef?" Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer

"This 80s version of the Hercules myth stars Lou Ferrigno as the original god of illegal muscle-expanding drugs. In the role, he twitches muscles in an unpleasant and disturbing way, grunts a fair amount, and battles lots of robots (!) sent after him by the gods. Some of the visual effects are half decent considering this is a low-budget Italian Hercules movie, but the obvious attempts to cash in on the popularity of Star Wars are really out of place in what should be a fantasy movie." Demian Katz, MSTable movies - Read more...

"Lou (Incredible Hulk) Ferrigno sports an impressive physique, and his feats of bravery are amusing on a comic-book level, but inane dialogue and and out-of-place outer space sequence prove too much for even Hercules to overcome." Mr. Showbiz

"If you thought the Italian films were laughable, get ready for this one. Featuring some of the most mindblowingly cheezy effects for the age (including a scene in which Herc tangles with a bear that is so PAINFULLY, obviously, a man in a suit it's amazing) and lots of scantily clad women including the ever present Sybil Danning, this Herc interpretation is so bizzare and "sci-fi-ish" that it goes beyond this world." Say Cheeze! - Read more...

"From the first moment, when we see the movie's description of the origin of our solar system, I knew I was in for a treat of nearly unparalleled badness. If you remember your Greek mythology, then please don't; it doesn't apply to this movie." JCG - Read more...

"When all is said and done, and Hercules is reunited with his love, Cassiopea, an exchange of dialogue takes place that represents well the calibre of the dialogue overall. Hercules strides up to Cassiopea and asks the laughably strange question, "Are you really Cassiopea?" I'm not sure why Hercules wouldn't think so, but here's her even stranger answer: "I'm all of them and none of them." Huh? Wasn't "yes" good enough for her?" At-A-Glance Film Reviews - Read more...

"Yup, this is a kiddy movie, the type of thing I'd love as a kid, but can't stand now. It just has no pace, it makes no sense at all! The music was good, and there were a wealth of laughably silly moments, the funniest being when Ferrigno throws a bear into outer space (what the hell?). Anyway, it's silly stuff. A good viewing if you run out of flicks to watch, or just want to see all these great actors making asses of themselves (other than Lou, of course)." Aylmer's Reviews - Read more...

"The values of the film range from massively dumb (the dialogue, by screenwriter Lewis Coates, who also directed), to marginally interesting, such as the special effects (by Armando Valcauda), which occasionally take on the vaguely demented loony feel of Japanese rubber-monster films. Ferrigno is adequate for what the production requires of him, which is grunting, yelling, throwing, jumping and flexing pecs." Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle - Read more...

"Although nowhere near as great as Sinbad of the Seven Seas, Lou Ferrigno's Hercules is well worth the rental fee for bad movie lovers. I'd give it a good three and a half turkeys. It almost gets four turkeys just for fulfilling my wish to see another Ferrigno movie, but I shouldn't elevate Hercules quite that much." Issachar - Read more...

"Any film buff worth his salt knows who the real cinematic Hercules is: Lou Ferrigno. Shortly after ascending to some semblance of stardom as the Incredible Hulk, Ferrigno starred in two Hercules flicks (Hercules and, yes, Hercules II) - both of them, I assure you, high-quality works. Gape as Ferrigno cleans the Augean stables! Thrill as Ferrigno fights off some massive ...robot ...bird ...flying thing! Laugh with grim amusement as Ferrigno spouts his dialogue with all the savvy you'd expect from a man with no actual thespian coaching! Yes, Lou Ferrigno. The sombrero applauds you." Daniel Davis, The Oklahoma Daily

"Off-color (many scenes are in dim, bluish stage sets) and low-budget, this incarnation of Hercules may find unconverted viewers a difficult, 13th challenge to conquer." All-Movie Guide

"Lou Ferrigno seemed the perfect choice for Hercules, but a lame story line and poor special effects deflate the action. A strange blend of Star Wars technology and sword-and-sorcery style myth that doesn't work at all." Movie Guide Database

"Drab remake with Lou "Incredible Hulk'' Ferrigno doing the grunt-and-groan thing. He also starred in the even more inept "Hercules 2''. For Ferrigno fans only." Bob Ross, The Tampa Tribune

"The story, such as it is, doesn't begin until after a lengthy credit sequence which manages to edit in every special effects sequence from the first movie. Look close, folks, because these are the best special effects you're going to see; the sequel apparently had a drastically reduced budget.

What is does have, though, is Lou Ferrigno, the manliest man ever to be waxed. He sure does look brawny, and that's about all he does - look brawny. Occasionally he delivers a line, with bland results (of course, that's not entirely his fault); he also occasionally engages in hand to hand combat, with no more believable results." Nathan Shumate - Read more...

"Basically the film is Saturday afternoon kiddy matinee fodder, good for passing the time, but little else." All-Movie Guide

"The standards of the original film are maintained in this atrocious sequel." E! Online

"Pockmarked by incompetent performances and laughable production values, this is a completely forgettable waste of time." Movie Guide Database

"More of the same silliness, though Sybil Danning is missed." Mr. Showbiz

"The 1983 Hercules looks like a big-budget hit in comparison to this lame sequel... In fact, the cheapness of this film boggles the mind. At the end of the film, Hercules battles a variety of foes in space after being turned into a stellar being... In order to represent this spectacular event, we are treated to long, badly rotoscoped (animation made by making line drawings from live action footage) battles. Finally, after defeating a bunch of warriors, Hercules turns into an ape, his foe turns into a T. Rex, and, I swear, the famous fight from King Kong is spliced in (in rotoscoped form, of course). Also, be sure to listen to the amazingly cheesy soundtrack... This whole movie sounds like a game of Space Invaders. Worth seeing if only to share in my disbelief at the use of King Kong footage and laugh at the "plonk" sound made by Zeus' thunderbolts." Demian Katz, MSTable movies - Read more...

"The thing about the Ferrigno Herc films (and there were only 2) is that it's like the producers watched all the old movies starring Steve Reeves and pitched it, "We don't have their budget, so ours probably won't look as GREAT as theirs did. But the pro side is that our Hercules isn't nearly as flabby." Now imagine that they said that in a stereotyped Italian accent. Otherwise, the elements are unchanged - the plot, the tantalizing women, petty gods, camp value, ubiquitous battle scenes and oily barbarians - they're like twins from the same fertilized bad movie egg." Oh, the Humanity! - Read more...

"The special effects are so amazingly bad, one wonders whether anybody on the project woke one morning and said, 'Hey, all this computer effects are just crap!' Of course, that same thought could be applied to any aspect of the production." Daniel J. Linehan - Read more...