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Release Date: 2009
Cast: Matthew Blood-Smyth, Jason Flemyng, James Purefoy, Rory McCann, Richard Ryan, Alice Krige, Pete Postlethwaite, Frantisek Deak, Ryan James, John Comer, Patrick Hurd-Wood, James Babson ...MORE
Cast: Matthew Blood-Smyth, Jason Flemyng, James Purefoy, Rory McCann, Richard Ryan, Alice Krige, Pete Postlethwaite, Frantisek Deak, Ryan James, John Comer, Patrick Hurd-Wood, James Babson, Christian Dunckley Clark, Robert Orr, Mark O'Neal, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Mackenzie Crook, Laura Baranik, Geoff Bell, Max von Sydow, Brian Caspe ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Adventure, Fantasy, Superhero Movie, World Cinema, Action/Adventure
Solomon Kane is a 2009 epic action film directed by Michael J. Bassett based on the pulp magazine character Solomon Kane created in 1928 by Robert E. Howard. James Purefoy stars in the title role. Despite optioning the rights in 1997, filming did not begin until January 2008. The film is an origin story for the Kane character and 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.... MORE
Solomon Kane is a 2009 epic action film directed by Michael J. Bassett based on the pulp magazine character Solomon Kane created in 1928 by Robert E. Howard. James Purefoy stars in the title role. Despite optioning the rights in 1997, filming did not begin until January 2008. The film is an origin story for the Kane character and 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. Reception was generally favourable, with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 82% following the UK release; the film's atmosphere and Purefoy's acting attracted the most acclaim.
The film opens in North Africa, 1600, with the English mercenary, Solomon Kane, leading the crew of his ship into battle against the Ottoman LESS
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