Anyone else interpret final act this way?

I'll start off by saying that I appreciated the unique approach they were taking with the character. The CGI and dialogue were rather horrible, though. In fact, the quality was reminiscently on par with The Scorpion King, which this movie had unfortunately similar moments (women warriors are that skinny and naked in barbaric society without harassment?).

The final act felt unconnected with the rest of the movie and changed the direction radically into supernatural territory. Additionally, cliches upon cliches piled on, ranging from seen-for-one-flashback previous employer turned treacherous villain to the self-serving teammate returning just in time to save his friends. With Hercules's superhuman physical feats and the seer narrating the end of the story (interesting that it wasn't their usual storyteller teammate), something definitely felt off for me.

What if the final act actually never happened? Think about it, a ragtag team of mercenaries overthrowing the regime they helped to put into power. Highly unlikely, which was why they were easily captured. So perhaps that was the end of their adventures and the rest of the movie metaphorically represented how Hercules's exploits became legendary with a fabricated tale of his involvement in the fall of this empire. In other words, the seer could've ironically survived and told people of this event as proof of his now deceased friends' mythological roots as inspiration or nostalgia. Haven't you ever told people exaggerated stories of your youth? Same concept applies.