First review of Solomon Kane!

Harry Knowles of Aint it Cool News has the honor of doing the first review of the new Solomon Kane Film today.

Despite Harry’s know penchant for using superlatives, all in all it is pretty damn promising. He says that “by the end of the film [he] was completely ecstatic that Purefoy had the role” of Solomon Kane, and praises the supporting actors as well. Having seen the previous works of most of the involved, I was not really afraid that bad acting would sink this movie anyway, though. Even more of a pleasant surprise is therefore what he says of the filming: 

…throughout everything this film is BEAUTIFULLY SHOT. Not with filters and bullshit color tones – No. This film feels dirty, feels frigidly cold, life does not look easy. The actors don’t look like actors with shiny white teeth and perfect hair.

Finally a director that seems to understands the gritty world of Robert E. Howard!

To me the greatest thing is still what he says at the end of the review, though:

This is the adventure that hypes us up for more and that’s the best I could have hoped for the first SOLOMON KANE adaptation. A desire to see more from this same team!

That is indeed what I hope for as well. According to what producer Paul Berrow has told us, the next film is planned to take place in Africa, including N’Longa and a certain staff.. The script writing is still underway on the sequel, though, so nothing is written in stone.

So, when do you get to see it? Well, seeing as this is an independently produced film, they are currently working on getting distributors. Some are already signed, with France, Greece and Belgium already having release dates on imdb (though the one for Greece is obviously wrong, seeing as it has passed). A private screening will be held in Cannes to secure distribution for other territories, including the US.

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