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Hercules and Xena join forces to save the Gods of Olympus from the all-powerful Titans.Hercules and Xena join forces to save the Gods of Olympus from the all-powerful Titans.Hercules and Xena join forces to save the Gods of Olympus from the all-powerful Titans.
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Kevin Sorbo
- Hercules
- (voice)
Lucy Lawless
- Xena
- (voice)
Michael Hurst
- Iolaus
- (voice)
Renée O'Connor
- Gabrielle
- (voice)
Kevin Smith
- Ares
- (voice)
Alexandra Tydings
- Aphrodite
- (voice)
Josephine Davison
- Alcmene
- (voice)
- …
Joy Watson
- Hera
- (voice)
Peter Rowley
- Zeus
- (voice)
David Mackie
- Porphyrion
- (voice)
Alison Wall
- Tethys
- (voice)
- …
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film was originally set for a fall 1997 direct-to-video release before being pushed back to January 1998.
- GoofsAt about 50:00 into the film, an electrical socket is visible inside Alcmene's home despite the film being set in ancient Greece.
- SoundtracksAcross the Sea of Time
Written by Michele Brourman and Amanda McBroom
Performed by Shelby Flint, Ali Olmo and Syreeta Wright
Featured review
It's an episode of the TV series - what did you expect?
Well, okay, maybe we didn't expect musical numbers, of which one, "We're the Titans," is exceedingly bad (We're the Titans - boom chucka lucka lucka - boom chucka lucka") although the others are okay.
Basically it's a big-budget version of a Hercules episode (even the CGI of the show couldn't sustain these monstrous fights). The problem is, they didn't want to seem to spend _any_ budget on the animation. Minimalist backgrounds and crudely drawn figures might be some kind of stylistic statement. Then again, it might just be cheap animation. The characters themselves are rather grotesque: Xena has a odd reddish streak in her hair, while Herc is grotesque: one scenes has his veins literally bulging out of his arms during a moment of extreme exertion. As Aphrodite would put it, "Gross!"
Even the plot is pretty minimalistic: doesn't Olympus have more than 5 gods?? It's nice that they got Kevin Smith for the always sneaky Ares (and Alexandra Tydings as Aphrodite, although her character has nothing to do), and there are some funny kid-type moments (the Olympians being turned into farm animals). Generally, though, it's a lot grimmer than the Hercules series: closer in tone to a Xena "serious" episode. Of course, there's no real continuity with the series, either, which has never had Alcmene head off to live with Zeus before her series death.
Basically, H&X ain't bad as a kiddy flick, and die-hard fans of the series, which the movie apparently caters to, probably won't be disappointed. But other than that, there's not much to recommend it.
Basically it's a big-budget version of a Hercules episode (even the CGI of the show couldn't sustain these monstrous fights). The problem is, they didn't want to seem to spend _any_ budget on the animation. Minimalist backgrounds and crudely drawn figures might be some kind of stylistic statement. Then again, it might just be cheap animation. The characters themselves are rather grotesque: Xena has a odd reddish streak in her hair, while Herc is grotesque: one scenes has his veins literally bulging out of his arms during a moment of extreme exertion. As Aphrodite would put it, "Gross!"
Even the plot is pretty minimalistic: doesn't Olympus have more than 5 gods?? It's nice that they got Kevin Smith for the always sneaky Ares (and Alexandra Tydings as Aphrodite, although her character has nothing to do), and there are some funny kid-type moments (the Olympians being turned into farm animals). Generally, though, it's a lot grimmer than the Hercules series: closer in tone to a Xena "serious" episode. Of course, there's no real continuity with the series, either, which has never had Alcmene head off to live with Zeus before her series death.
Basically, H&X ain't bad as a kiddy flick, and die-hard fans of the series, which the movie apparently caters to, probably won't be disappointed. But other than that, there's not much to recommend it.
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