Review of Solomon Kane (2009) by Doug M — 03 Oct 2013
A stunning on-screen realization Robert E. Howard's "dour and deadly puritan." It's the best sword and sorcery I've seen in a long time, and the bonus is that it's in a very convincingly depicted historical setting.
Beautifully filmed, written, and acted, it also has a pervasive Gothic sense of brooding decay that's supplied by the simplest of touches (e.g., omnipresent flying ash, priests who've gone mad or gone over to Satan, etc.
). Though the plot doesn't follow any of the Kane stories I've read yet, I have a feeling they were trying to provide backstory for a character whose motivation for his constant battle against evil was never revealed.
It never needed explanation, but the movie is so good that it just adds to the canon, IMO.. It's on Netflix streaming, and I highly recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in sword and sorcery.
Five stars.
This review of Solomon Kane (2009) was written by Doug M on 03 Oct 2013.
Solomon Kane has generally received mixed reviews.
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