Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun

Hercules, after sailing global waters is eventually shipwrecked in South America. After losing his Greek shipmates, Hercules is attacked by Atahulpa's men and saved by Prince Maytha (Giuliano Gemma) whose father, Huascar, has been deposed from the Inca throne by his tyrannical brother Atahualpa.

Gemma and a group of rebel Inca warriors stage an uprising, with the help of Hercules. Enlisted to overthrow a tyrannical king in the land of the Incas.

Featuring scenic views of the mountains of the Andes, Hercules Against the Sons of the Sun features Mark Forest as Hercules who does what he does best, flexes his muscle, coming to the aid of a princess who is about to be sacrificed - the difference is that he's transported to the Inca empire, and of course the timeline is off, but it's fairly decent peplum, if a little predictable and slow moving- the latter fits the dreamlike feel, and I have to say that there's a solemn attempt to evoke the Inca world- which hasn't been portrayed many times on celluloid. Plus some good action, especially in the finale featuring a war machine on wheels. The battle lasts around eighteen minutes. Good always prevail over bad at the end. Just turn off your historical accuracy radar and see it as a fantasy pic and you should find some heroic joy in it all.

HERCULES AGAINST THE SONS OF THE SUN stars Mark Forest as everyone's favorite slab of massiveness. Taken into an Inca village, Hercules finds himself in the middle of a power struggle between the rightful Inca prince and those who've usurped the throne.

Not surprisingly, there's a multitude of cruelly oppressed people that Herc must set free. There's also the obligatory "test of strength". There's a quest as well, when he must rescue the prince's sister from being sacrificed. This gives him more chances to move more boulders, while sporting the latest in Inca wear.

This all leads to the final battle, complete with Inca war machines! Big H leads the rebels against the ne'er-do-wells. Arrows fly while Hercules tosses men around like balls of lint!

Another enjoyable, heroic yarn...

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.

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!

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.