Solomon Kane (2009)

Solomon Kane: Directed by M.J. Bassett. With James Purefoy, Mark O’Neal, Robert Orr, Richard Ryan. 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.

“Solomon Kane was pretty good, perhaps it didnu0026#39;t do well in the States, because there were no American A listers in the cast, but it had Pete Postlethwaite and Max Von Snow apart from James Purefoy in the lead, so you could hardly say it didnu0026#39;t have itu0026#39;s quota of serious actors in it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYes it was a tad predictable, well it was from the creator of Conan, so you could hardly expect high art. But, unlike you would have expected, it was quite a dark film, one mans quest to redeem his soul, and you believed in it, Purefoy played the complete ruthless murderer and the tortured soul, and in the confines of the film you believed it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt betrayed itu0026#39;s lowish budget, with a lack of major CGI except where it was needed, and at the beginning the model work was a bit obvious (like Conan all those years ago) but instead went for serious good makeup and prosthetics,and the fight scenes when they happened where vicious, bloody and really well choreographed, Purefoy does good action. I really enjoyed this film for what it was, ENJOYMENT.”