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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 09/28/2012
1.5/4
Been there, done that. Go to Full Review
Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times 09/27/2012
3.5/5
"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. Go to Full Review
Mark Feeney Boston Globe 09/27/2012
1/4
Who knew there were skinhead and zombie equivalents in late-Elizabethan England? Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 02/24/2021
4/5
...action is ferocious and bloody, but light on CGI...the film looks spectacular without over-doing the fantasy worlds... Go to Full Review
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 12/02/2020
3/10
All the positive qualities are wasted on the overdramatic twist of the commonplace antihero who must reluctantly return to the darkness of his past. Go to Full Review
Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens 11/27/2019
Solomon Kane seduces with stunning visuals, sweeping swordplay and one sexy leading man. Go to Full Review
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Gareth v Jul 23 A brooding and underrated dark fantasy adventure. Gritty, earnest, and anchored by a strong redemption arc, Solomon Kane deserves more recognition than it got. See more Jelisije J Mar 9 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. See more Kat B Mar 7 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 See more Lucion V Feb 20 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. See more john w Feb 20 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 See more Korra N Feb 14 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. See more 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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