Solomon Kane (2009)

A ruthless mercenary renounces violence after learning his soul is bound for hell. When a young girl is kidnapped and her family slain by a sorcerer's murderous cult, he is forced to fight and seek his redemption slaying evil.

Director:

Michael J. Bassett

Writers:

Michael J. Bassett, Robert E. Howard (character)

Stars:

James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Rachel Hurd-Wood

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Purefoy	...	Solomon Kane
Mark O'Neal	...	Kane's Soldier #1
Robert Orr	...	Kane's Soldier #2
Richard Ryan	...	Kane's Soldier #3
Frantisek Deak	...	Cowering Guard
Christian Dunckley Clark	...	Lieutenant Malthus (as Christian Michael Dunkley Clark)
Ian Whyte	...	Devil's Reaper
Thomas McEnchroe	...	Young Monk
Andrew Whitlaw	...	Older Monk
Robert Russell	...	Abbott
James Babson	...	Skinhead
Marek Vasut	...	Tattoo
Geoff Bell	...	Beard
Max von Sydow	...	Josiah Kane
Lucas Stone	...	Young Solomon

Storyline

Once a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting Spaniards in Africa, Solomon met the Devil's Reaper and discovered he was bound for hell. Barely escaping, he soon renounced violence to atone for his past sins, seeking out redemption in a life of peace. That is until the followers of sorcerer Malachi kidnap a Puritan girl, Meredith Crowthorn, and brutally slaughter her family before his very eyes, forcing Solomon to take up arms and return to his violent ways once more to rescue her.

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Plot Keywords:

devil | mercenary | violence | soul | puritan | 

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Taglines:

Fight evil... With evil.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence throughout

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [fr]

Country:

France Czech Republic UK

Language:

English Arabic

Release Date:

23 December 2009 (France)

Also Known As:

Cazador de demonios

Filming Locations:

Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£611,886 (UK) (19 February 2010)

Gross:

£1,134,564 (UK) (26 February 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Davis-Films, Czech Anglo Productions, Wandering Star Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the unforeseen problems the production encountered in shooting night-time scenes on location in the Czech Republic was the constant hooting of owls.

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Goofs

The young woman Kane sets out to save is named Meredith. This was a Welsh surname, but when used as a given name (often as a patronymic) it was given to males. It didn't become a female given name until nearly 300 years after the time period of this film, and then mostly in the US.

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Quotes

Malachi: Why do you care for her? You came here to save your soul.
Solomon Kane: She IS my soul.

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Connections

Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 8 February 2010 (2010)

User Reviews

A good dark fantasy film.

in my book there are 3 classes of fantasy.

high, full of goblins elves and knights in shining amour.

low, a fantasy world without all the classical elements no elves no fairies no blazing swords,

and dark, born from madman's nightmares and populated with them dark place dark worlds and a serious take on the genre.

Kane falls into the latter,

for a low budget film its certainly well done, the character is fairly close to the story's, the props and costumes are reasonably accurate.

the fighting direction is also true to the character no frivolous swashbuckling here lethal moves to great effect.

Kane was not some marvelesque hero wasting motion and energy in his strikes, as one character in a story put it "he is the most lethal swordsmen I've ever seen". (paraphrased).

some parts of it could have been handled better the ending or a slight tightening up of the exposition parts, but all in all well worth watching.

is it worth seeing yes. but bear in mind this is not a lord of the rings style film, nor is this die hard 1600.

there is a lot of dialog and a lot of religious references. this is a dark fantasy film with a touch of horror, aiming to reveal Kane's hitherto unknown origins.

if you like to support good independent films go see it if all your interested in is mindless action..... do what you will.