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Solomon Kane

Play trailer Poster for Solomon Kane R Released Sep 28, 2012 1h 44m Adventure Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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A man (James Purefoy) must renounce his newly taken vows of peace to rescue a young woman (Rachel Hurd-Wood) from an evil sorcerer (Jason Flemyng).
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Solomon Kane's formulaic and bleak narrative is overcome by an entertaining, straightforward adherence to its genre, exciting gore, and a gratifying lead performance by James Purefoy.

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Lou Lumenick New York Post Been there, done that. Rated: 1.5/4 Sep 28, 2012 Full Review Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times "Solomon Kane" succeeds by embracing its identity as a straightforward genre exercise, complete with bone-crunching and blood-spurting action. By not aiming for more, it hits its target. Rated: 3.5/5 Sep 27, 2012 Full Review Mark Feeney Boston Globe Who knew there were skinhead and zombie equivalents in late-Elizabethan England? Rated: 1/4 Sep 27, 2012 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com ...action is ferocious and bloody, but light on CGI...the film looks spectacular without over-doing the fantasy worlds... Rated: 4/5 Feb 24, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins All the positive qualities are wasted on the overdramatic twist of the commonplace antihero who must reluctantly return to the darkness of his past. Rated: 3/10 Dec 2, 2020 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Solomon Kane seduces with stunning visuals, sweeping swordplay and one sexy leading man. Nov 27, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Michael O James Purefoy elevates this movie regardless of whatever flaws in the writing. And Max VonSydow? C'mon, what are the haters talking about? This is a solid movie for what it is. A popcorn munching dark fantasy pic. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/04/24 Full Review Alan K Good dark fantasy. Certainly has flaws but is written well enough and had a big enough budget to pull it all off. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/05/24 Full Review L L Sooooo bad, weak to none existent story poorly shoehorned into a butchered historical context, characters were cardboard cut outs, fight scenes were ok at best, only good if you want to see bad swashbuckling. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/16/24 Full Review SUPERVOID 7 1\10 - Good costumes, charismatic main hero and strong dark atmosphere of the world, good landscape shots, but stupid pale plot and badly montaged action scenes with too many fast cuts and bad fight choreography. Movie had an ambition to be great and special, but it just doesn't work. :( Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/05/23 Full Review Anderson O Strong performance by James as Solomon Kane, solid musical score, well paced, good plot twist and a startling revelation near its climax. Solomon Kane is a greatly adapted work of Robert E. Howard's creation, aged superbly well, and will stand then test of time. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/30/23 Full Review Rmy L This film is a gem. So underrated... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A man (James Purefoy) must renounce his newly taken vows of peace to rescue a young woman (Rachel Hurd-Wood) from an evil sorcerer (Jason Flemyng).
Director
MJ Bassett
Producer
Samuel Hadida, Paul Berrow
Screenwriter
MJ Bassett
Distributor
Radius TWC
Production Co
Davis Films
Rating
R (Violence Throughout)
Genre
Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 28, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 44m
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