Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Soloman Kane

This movie is my first post and hopefully it gets better from here!
Soloman Kane is exactly what I am looking for in a movie. Weird, Based off of short stories, and full of bad acting. The choreography in this movie was pretty good. The fight scenes felt pretty BA, but the acting fell flat. Soloman is a Sea Captain in the 18th century trying to redeem his soul from the devil so if you are looking for swords and flintlock pistols this is what you want to watch (or Pirates of the Caribbean). The flight scenes are violent and bloody with Soloman always ending up on top even when the fight features him hiding behind columns from a giant fire demon.
(Giant Fire Demon)
The whole movie is an allegory for Christ and Redemption. Well Kind of, I don't think christ ever fought zombies but whatever. This movie probably went over in the christian community as well as Noah did. At one point they even crucify Soloman and he rips his hands off of the nails and falls to the ground just to go and fight the main antagonist the next day. If I had to make a list of the top 10 most badass movie heros he would absolutely be up there! (spoiler) The only person to actually injure him is his magically healed brother.
Soloman Kane gets 6/10 because the fighting and action sequences are pretty awesome but the acting and dialogue is a little cheesy and overdone. Kane pulled off the bad superhero movie genre pretty well but wasn't bad enough to be a cult classic.

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