Hercules – Hercules in New York
It is a key film in Arnie’s film career and, in my opinion, it is sometimes unjustly ignored in many rankings. Hercules, bored with the way of life on Olympus, wants to experience an adventure and meet people for the contemporary moment. In retrospect, references to Schwarzenegger’s life can be found here. In the late 1960s, Arnie won every possible title in bodybuilding. The bodybuilders themselves were considered in society at that time mainly as unimaginative people with inflated muscles and a brain the size of a peanut. Arnold began to break these stereotypes. He daringly conquered Hollywood with films such as Terminator or Predator . However, it should be remembered which title paved the way for him. Hercules in New Yorkit is a picture that may be naive and with many shortcomings, yet it was he who introduced the future action legend Arnold Schwarzenegger to a wider audience. Arnie, like Hercules, blazed an unknown path. People were knocking on the head – Austrian, myoma? Schwarzenegger turned his shortcomings into success. The accent has become his trademark, bodybuilding and fitness have become fashionable among ordinary people, and for film fans it is time to reflect, who is the tougher action movie – he or Stallone? Let’s remember which movie image started Arnie’s great career. Let us not delete Hercules, who is neglected by critics. It is the story of the Olympian hero looking for adventure in New York that gave us the future Governor of California and the legend of cinema. – Kamil Sawicki
