Hercules: Zero to Hero
Seen it?1999 | 70 min | Animation, Family, Action, Adventure
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans and families. If you loved Hercules, start here.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 10 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
After defeating Hades for good, Hercules marries Meg and revisits his teenage years. In particular, it shows an adolescent Hercules's enrollment and the beginning of his adventures at the Prometheus Academy, a school for gods and mortals, which Herc supposedly attended during the time when he was training to be a hero with his mentor, the satyr Philoctetes. A compilation of Hercules: The Animated Series episodes 47, 49, 53 and 54.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 40K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Bob Kline
- Tate DonovanHercules (voice) (archive sound)
- James WoodsHades (voice) (archive sound)
- Corey BurtonZeus (voice) (archive sound)
- Susan EganMegara (voice) (archive sound)
- Robert CostanzoPhiloctetes (voice) (archive sound)
- Frank WelkerPegasus (voice) (archive sound)
- Bobcat GoldthwaitPain (voice) (archive sound)
- Matt FrewerPanic (voice) (archive sound)
- Paul ShafferHermes (voice) (archive sound)
- Eric StoltzTheseus (voice) (archive sound)