Ercole contro i figli del sole

History takes another setback as Hercules finds himself in the land of the Incas, shipwrecked he meets the true king of the Incas who has been deposed by a tyrant luckily for him they all speak perfect English or dubbed Italian if you prefer,very badly filmed and acted even by Italian standards and the music score just does not fit in with the film,check the sacrifice ritual dance and you will see what I mean, the only redeeming feature is the colourful Inca costumes,very poor all round,curious also to find out that our hero played by the handsome Mark Forest only took these parts to finance his opera singing!, something he still does to this day.

I watched these movie like 23 years ago ( I'm thirty right now ), on the local TV stations from my country. I remembered that every Saturdays and Sundays at evening time, the Italian movies about Greek mythological heroes, the spaghetti westerns, the second world war movies and others more, were popular among Salvadorians. It was the time from our Civil War period, so the people enjoyed watching these movies to avoid the sad story of our country. On those years I knew those actors like MARK FOREST, STEVE REEVES, KIRK MORRIS and GORDON SCOTT, who played most of the movies of HERCULES and also the movies of HERCULE'S SON, MACYSTE. These particular movie, I enjoyed because the story took place during the INCA CIVIL WAR period ( obviously there is an inaccuracy in history, because in that period of time, the INCAS were conquered by the Spanish troops under FRANCISCO PIZARRO), but instance of being visited by the bloodiest conqueror, the Greek Gods allowed to HERCULES to arrive to Peruvians shores after being the only survivor from a shipwrecked, and he helped to prince MAYTHA ( role performed by GULIANO GEMMA) and his courageous Incas to defeat the tyrannical king Juascar, who have King Atahualpa being imprisoned, to seize the power against MAYTHA. The movie finished with a great battle with the OLD CUZCO city surrounding the fighters. I hope one day that these movies should be in DVD, I will be one of the first customers to buy it.If someone reads the comment, and will like to share his nice experiences abouth these movies, I will be cool to receive your comments in my e-mail.

Hercules gets shipwrecked on the western coast of south America and meets the rightful ruler of the Inca Empire. Hercules teaches the Inca warriors how to build war machines such as a giant siege tower that they use to take back their kingdom. Giuliana Gemma plays the rebel prince. Gemma became a big star in the Spaghetti Westerns and the producers of this movie changed all of their posters to show Gemma as the star and not Mark Forest. The entire story is a bit far fetched but the over all action and battles are very enjoyable. I recommend you see this entry into the Hercules franchise.

So there's this mythical strongman, see, and he likes sailing the seven seas with his Greek buddies. One day a big storm comes along and WHAM: they're shipwrecked and get washed ashore in sunny South America! Everyone dies except Hercules who get's rescued by the natives who enlist his aid in overthrowing the local tyrant. There's some wacky homoerotic ritual sacrifices and lots of battle sequences, and to top it all off, the film ends with some spectacular travelogue footage of snowcapped Peruvian mountains and a llama! WOW!

It's not going to be "perfect" as it's just a fantasy film really. One can overlook the fact everyone in the film understands the same language, when this would be a language barrier in real life. Hercules is the only survivor of a shipwreck, and he's in the Americas. He encounters Incas and helps them rescue a princess and fight the evil king who shouldn't be on the throne. There was a lot of props made for this, and some friendly interactions. It's sort of fantasy but mostly action without magic. The film makes you realise how Hercules is the most kindest European man the ancient Incas ever met. He was the only white man the Incas should have met.