18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Be warned....Hercules, Prisoner of Evil is defective, May 7 2009
By A. Snyder - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hercules Collection (DVD)
I bought this nicely priced set at a retail store for $15. I took a chance on it because it was distributed by Image Entertainment/Retromedia and I have never had a bad disc by these companies. I however hate to say it but at about the 16.20 mark on Hercules, Prisoner of Evil the film stutter skipped and then froze. I tried it on 3 different DVD players, a portable DVD player and my laptop and got the same problem. I got a replacement and it did it again. My third copy just stutter skipped but did not freeze. Sick of dealing with the problem I just got my money back. The clerk at the retail store said they have been getting a number of returns on this set and are actually thinking about taking it off the shelf (!?!). I don't know if this is widespread problem but talking to friends and relatives that also have bought the set I have found that theirs at least had the stutter skip.
For the price of this set it is still worth it to many as it is only one film in the set that is defective. Still I just want to warn you that you will likely get a set that has a bad stutter skip in Hercules, Prisoner of Evil or worse it freezes.
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Herculean let down, Mar 5 2009
By John Kelley "johnf14" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hercules Collection (DVD)
These are re-releases of the previous RetroMedia titles. Image Entertainment now handles the RetroMedia line. Sad to say all 4 discs are the exact same discs that have been available before. Quality is sadly lacking.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Half hearted effort on what should have been Herculean., Feb 6 2009
By David Orme "Fantasy Forever." - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hercules Collection (DVD)
I was REALLY excited about this release, until I started to go into the details. (1) A Hercules set WITHOUT Hercules Unchained, this has been crying out for an anamorphic transfer for donkeys' years. It's great if the other titles are in 2:35:1, and if Unchained was there, I would have bought it just for that, but alas, it was not to be and (2)a small point, the cover art is actually from Goliath and the Barbarians, which is NOT in the collection. I'm afraid I'll have to pass, it's a pity Image could'nt have tried a little harder on this one, it really would have been worth the effort.