Solomon Kane
Captain Solomon Kane is a brutally efficient 16th Century killing machine who has to renounce violence after learning his soul is bound for hell after encountering demon sent to lay claim to his hopelessly corrupt soul.
17 September 1971, Bangor, North Wales, UK
15 August 1980, England, UK
8 December 1960, Galway, Ireland
16 January 1972, UK
28 June 1954, Upington, South Africa
24 October 1974, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
March 14, 2013
It's not everyone's cup of bloody tea, but an unapologetic genre treat for those willing to dive in.
October 04, 2012
Director Michael J. Bassett seems to know how to correctly handle the material, giving it a lightness of touch but also enough bloody and shocking spectacle to stir up viewers.
September 27, 2012
"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.
September 28, 2012
Uneven and far less deep that it believes itself to be, Solomon Kane is nevertheless a solid B-movie diversion that excels when sticking to its pulpy, action-fantasy roots.
September 27, 2012
It's hardly original (and Max von Sydow is wasted in brief scenes as Kane's father), but "Solomon Kane" is worthy of big-screen appreciation.
September 28, 2012
Been there, done that.
September 27, 2012
Mr. Basset is too enamored of the usual action film clichés ... But he has a graphic visual style that suits the simplistic material and he keeps you watching even as the wet, sucking sounds of skewered flesh grows tedious.
September 27, 2012
Who knew there were skinhead and zombie equivalents in late-Elizabethan England?
November 01, 2012
Formulaic, but it settles down into a fine if square-jawed groove, delivering rousing adventure of a sort which should generally please fans of throwback, morally black-and-white entertainment.
September 28, 2012
The script by director Michael J. Bassett wallows in formula and takes itself too seriously.
September 29, 2012
Few characters have much to do but grunt and scream and bleed.
October 02, 2012
Writer/director Michael J. Bassett stages the carnage under so much rain-soaked filth, you can almost smell the stench. It's a good stench.
