final verdict for: "Solomon Kane" (2009): to quote John François Kowalsky: "It's not a good movie, but it's entertaining."
Solomon Kane is a high ranked warrior of the English Crown, but when the devil wants his soul, he turns to the path of god. However, Satan will not give up so easily and tries to hunt him down, so Solomon has to face his destiny. This is pretty much how the movie works.
Unfortunately the movie is full of plotholes, anconsistencies and things that simply make no sense. On the one hand the script seems to be full of errors, but it's not because the writing is bad, the overall storyline is indeed quite good, but it seems the writer of the script was really sloppy in his work. So was Michael J. Basset in directing. He paid so much of attention to all kinds of things, that he left room for a lot of bullshit going on.
The cinematography is really good. The dark theme of the movie is very well represented in the movie and the costumes look really classy. It all feels right. So does the music, which is full of really epic scores. The actors are performing absolutely great, given their roles and room in the movie.
Watching this was quite enjoyable, if you are in for a movie that basically follows a similar plot superstructure to "Conan the Barbarian" (1982) and do not expect too much. All the problems with the writing and directing, however turn this movie into something that just does not deserve a high rating.
The production team should have done their planning better, thus it is a 5 out of 10.
Solomon Kane is a high ranked warrior of the English Crown, but when the devil wants his soul, he turns to the path of god. However, Satan will not give up so easily and tries to hunt him down, so Solomon has to face his destiny. This is pretty much how the movie works.
Unfortunately the movie is full of plotholes, anconsistencies and things that simply make no sense. On the one hand the script seems to be full of errors, but it's not because the writing is bad, the overall storyline is indeed quite good, but it seems the writer of the script was really sloppy in his work. So was Michael J. Basset in directing. He paid so much of attention to all kinds of things, that he left room for a lot of bullshit going on.
The cinematography is really good. The dark theme of the movie is very well represented in the movie and the costumes look really classy. It all feels right. So does the music, which is full of really epic scores. The actors are performing absolutely great, given their roles and room in the movie.
Watching this was quite enjoyable, if you are in for a movie that basically follows a similar plot superstructure to "Conan the Barbarian" (1982) and do not expect too much. All the problems with the writing and directing, however turn this movie into something that just does not deserve a high rating.
The production team should have done their planning better, thus it is a 5 out of 10.
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