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Solomon Kane

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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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Jelisije J An above average dark fantasy film that actually did an origin story justice? Now I know why people wanted a trilogy. Its because the first movie showed promise and potential and given the latest disappointing lazy hollywood sequels this movie deserves the chance to be a franchise. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/09/25 Full Review Kat B I honestly think that who ever even liked more than half star of this movie , is completely on drugs. Crystal meth on a minimum. Bad everything Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/07/25 Full Review Lucion V First of all let me say my review is a little biased. 🫣 I grew up reading the Solomon Kane comic books of the genre he was my favorite. I'm a little fuzzy of whether or not it followed the comic book story perfectly but I didn't care it was good enough the movie was spectacular in my eyes to see one of my childhood characters come to life in such a way this actor could not have been chosen better. The story was engaging there was action almost everywhere the excitement of what would occur it was a true hero's journey to face the big bad surprise at the end. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review john w it's pretty awful , some good actors in there earning a few quid , but it's not good , is soloman Irish, cornish, a Yorkshire man or just terrible at accents , it's distracting Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/20/25 Full Review Korra N One of the most underrated & underappreciated dark fantasy films ever made; with an outstanding performance from James Purefoy, beautiful cinematography, an epic score, tight direction & great visuals for a limited theater film on a middling budget. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/25 Full Review Cork B Its fine. Not great, very derivative of the genera. But they mostly stick to the story, and Purefoy does a good job channeling Hugh Jackman from Van Helsing. I wish there was a bit more supporting character development and less non stop fighting, and the color palate could have been a LITTLE brighter. I know it is 1600s England and all, but STILL. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/10/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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MJ Bassett

Director

James Purefoy

Solomon Kane

Max von Sydow

Josiah Kane

Rachel Hurd-Wood

Meredith Crowthorn

Alice Krige

Katherine Crowthorn

Mackenzie Crook

Father Michael

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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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