Solomon Kane (2009)

Directed by

M. J. Bassett

Genre

fantasy film, action film, horror film, swashbuckler film, thriller film, adventure film

Country

Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1,543 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A violent 17th century privateer seeks to escape his past and save his soul by rescuing a Puritan girl from evil forces.

darkbroodingaction-packedgothicgrimvisceralredemptive

What happens

Solomon Kane is a 2009 sword and sorcery film based on the pulp magazine character of the same name created in 1928 by Robert E. Howard. Written and directed by M. J. Bassett, the film stars James Purefoy in the title role. Despite obtaining the rights in 1997, filming did not begin until January 2008. The film is an original story for the Kane character and was intended to be the first of a trilogy. The plot follows a redemption story for Kane, from the end of his life as a privateer, through the salvation of his soul by rescuing a Puritan girl and the beginning of his life as the Puritan avenger of the source material. It was produced by a consortium of French, Czech, and British companies and mostly filmed in the Czech Republic. The film was first shown at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. It went on general release in France, Spain, and the UK over the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010. It has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 67%. The screenplay was novelised by award-winning fantasy author Ramsey Campbell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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