from the fertile imagination which bring you the irresistible hercules ( 1983 ) and come it even more preposterous ( read goofier ) sequel represent right off the bat and we get another unwieldy beginning of time prologue which even contrive to completely contradict these same event a set up in the first film . while a condensed montage of highlight from same be soon follow by a superman like scroll credit sequence . narrative wise and here we have four rebellious god who steal zeus seven all important ( but poorly animate ) thunderbolts a crime which and for one thing and set the moon careen on a collision course with planet earth . fast than you can say nepotism and zeus ( once again play a a white haired beard man by the relatively young claudio cassinelli ) send his champion who have now rightfully take his place among the elite thanks to and one presumes and the almighty task perform in the first film to find his blooming thunderbolt and avert the calamity in store . no sooner have hercules ( lou ferrigno a if you do not know ) touch the earthly surface that he come in contact with two attractive damsel ( milly carlucci and sonia viviani ) in need of his get them out of distress . while the former ( who would go on to become an italian tv personality ) seemingly have the ability to talk with the little people ( . ) which look uncannily like the tiny sister from godzilla vs. mothra ( 1964 ) . just so they can swindle a much unutilzed footage from the first film a be humanly possible and the divine quartet of villain resurrect good ol king minos ( william berger again ) from his skeletal slumber and pit him once more against his eternal enemy . typically and hercules be make to encounter a number of potentially deadly foe include a gorgon an awfully underproduced sequence which ought to have lead to a surefire plagiarism suit have the film maker behind the much superior clash of the titan ( 1981 ) bother to watch this flick ( complete with the same reflection in a shield come uppance and precede by the muscleman let the audience in on his tactic before execute them a if to show u how clever he be ) . and just to make it crystal clear that he wear his influence on his sleeve and cozzi have hercules and minos turn into a cosmic version of king kong vs. godzilla for one of their battle and later still and king kong get to grip with a large snake and an encounter lift straight out of the classic 1933 original . i swear it represent this be the whole truth and nothing but the truth . a have be the case with the first film and the cast be full of old reliables like the afore mention berger and cassinelli and venantino venantini ( a a sorcerer with a truly bad hair day ) and up and come starlet not just carlucci but also maria rosaria omaggio ( a a young hera . ) and serena grandi and pamela prati and and once again and eva robbins ( whose costume here easily outcamps her appearance in the first film ) while for what it worth and pino donaggio score for this one be recycle from musical cue feature in his soundtrack for the previous film . if you have stick with this review so far and you must have realize by now that this be one of those movie that be so unbelievably bad that a reviewer be force to choose which course to take represent either dismiss it in one unflattering sentence or spend an undeserving amount of time dissect it flaw . i be sure i have leave out some of it ineptitude but i wouldn not forgive myself if i fail to mention the single great laugh out loud instance in the whole movie which almost make me fall off my chair ( yes and it even surpass the afore mention animate titanic duel for me ) and namely the décor of the rebellious god lair which be in the shape of a giant marble kettle . at this stage and one might well wonder why i give this film ( and it predecessor ) a rating instead of a ( not entirely unjustified ) bomb while in the past and i have have various protract online discussion on whether one star rating of any particular film should reflect the overall artistic quality or it sheer entertainment value but these be two instance where i deem it necessary to be consciously influence by the latter in settle on my final rating . i do not know represent maybe it because i be in a sword and sandal state of mind at the moment ( with some 10 more respectable example schedule for the coming day . ) but and after all and uncharacteristically for me and i decide to add these two film to my dvd collection simply base on the fun i have with them in this recent revisit and that alone must count for something and no .