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''My Son The Hero'' (original title: ''Arrivano I Titani'', transl. ''Here Come The Titans'') is a 1962 Italian SwordAndSandal movie directed by Duccio Dessari, starring Giuliano Gemma in his first protagonist role.

During the time of Myth/ClassicalMythology, Cadmos, the [[TheCaligula megalomaniac king]] of Crete, has his wife murdered in order toremain with his [[LadyMacbeth scheming lover]] Hermione. For this deed, the Sybil curses him in the name of the Olympian gods, foretelling him that his infant daughter Antyope will one day fall in love with the man who will bring Cadmos' reign of terror at an end. Furious at the gods' judgement and unable to kill his daughter on the spot (lest the curse would fulfill itself immediately), Cadmos renounces the gods and [[AGodAmI proclaims himself one]]. To this end, he and Ermione undergo a treatment with mystical vapors which render their bodies invulnerable. Once Antyope has reached the proper age, Cadmos plans to have her ordinated as a priestess in his service, to have her shut away from the world of men in a life of enforced chastity. Enraged by this intention, Zeus finally decides to send an agent to do his bidding. He turns to the Titans, still incarcerated in the pits of Tartarus, and offers them release if their youngest and weakest, but smartest of their number, [[TheHero Crios]], agrees to cast Cadmos into the underworld. Crios is happy to accept the assignment, and travels to Knossos, the capital city of Crete, in order to fulfill his mission...

Compared to more traditional SwordAndSandal movies, ''My Son The Hero'' has milder violence and a greater amount of humour, and will certainly be a welcome addition for any aficionados of the genre.

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!This movie has examples of:

* AbusiveParents: Cadmos and Ermione aren't physically abusive to Antyope, but they force her to stay in the royal palace and forbid her from having any sort of contact with anyone that's not her handmaidens.
* AffectionateParody: Of its own genre.
* AnticlimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Crios cannot harm Cadmos and does not even fight him, instead throwing down a thunderbolt that opens the earth below Cadmos' feet and sends him down into Hades.]]
* BroughtDownToBadass: As he returned to the world as a simple man, Crios doesn't have the inhuman strength he used to have as a Titan. However, he can more than hold his own. [[spoiler:Later, this applies to all the other Titans as well]].
* TheCaligula: Cadmos, who has turned Crete into a religious dictatorship with himself as the only figure of worship.
* TheCameo: Several figures of Myth/ClassicalMythology make an appearence in this movie. Among them, Prometheus, Sisiphus, the Sisters of Fate and several others.
* ChivalrousPervert: Crios, high on the 'chivalrous', low on the 'pervert'.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Rathor becomes Crios' friend after Crios defeats him in the gladiatorial games [[JustifiedTrope and convinces Kadmos to spare Rathor's life]].
* GuileHero: Crios is not afraid to use fisticuffs if need be, but he prefers to think his way out of sticky situations.
* LadyMacbeth: Ermione, Cadmos' lover who is just as unscrupolous as him. And possibly even more cunning.
* NeverTrustATitle:
** TheHero in this movie is a young titan who at one point says he's the son of Jove, king of the gods, but Jove is not an actual character in the movie, making the title choice of "My Son" an odd one.
** The original title is "Here Come The Titans". [[spoiler: Aside from Crios, the Titans are not released until the third act near the climax of the film.]]
* NighInvulnerable: Cadmos and Ermione become impervious to any sort of injury after bathing in the vapors of the river Styx. [[spoiler: However, Ermione still has a [[AchillesHeel vulnerable spot on her chest]]; and Cadmos is not protected from being literally tossed into Tartaros]].
* ScaryBlackMan: Rathor, a large man of color who starts out as Crios' opponent in Cadmos' gladiatorial games. [[spoiler: Subverted when Crios befriends Rathor.]]
* ScrewDestiny: Cadmos is doing all he can to do this. [[spoiler:In the end, he fails.]]
* SwordAndSandal