Solomon Kane

I didn't like this movie.
It wasn't interesting, no matter how many twists they put up. The climax was weak, incredibly weak! And the main caracter was just boring to follow!

What's it about? Redemtion... Haven't heard that one before! And there's not really any surprises. One man, Solomon, was a warrior in a time of war. And in the beginning he was greedy and didn't care if his men died as long as he got the gold... NEVER ADRESSED AGAIN! Then he comes into a temple after he escapes from the Devils reaper, you don't see him again. And at this temple he learns the way of God in one year, I might add. But then the priest tells him that his home isn't here. So he must leave the temple to go on a journey and find his true path. So on this path we learn that he doesn't fight other people anymore and he is "a man of peace" and then he comes across a family which accept him even if he was a killer because "God speaks of forgivness". But then the family gets killed except for the little girl who instead gets kidnapped. Solomon tries the peaceful way to get her back and fails so he says "screw you God I'm gonna do things my way and... hopefully you'll like it." The father's lasts words are: "Save my daughter and God will forgive you." So the movie is mostly about Soloman going after the bad guys and getting back the girl.

The story is really boring and really clumsy handled. But since I want to avoid spoilers in the beginning we'll talk about the that last. So let's move on to the main character that was also boring. I've seen this character SO many times and I'm starting to get sick of it. He's just a character that will fight because... The director really wants it! He tries the peaceful matter but he's REALLY not good at it. Ever word that he speak is not belivable. When he tries to speak calmly to a "monster"... Yeah, you can see what's wrong there. It's like talking to a bear who's trying to protect the cubs with you pulling up your arms and say: "Let's just talk about things"... It doesn't work! And there's a bunch of other things like that, it was repeated over and over and I had no idea how this man was thinking and he was REALLY weak minded. One simple thing could destroy him! Weak main character, let's move on!

There wasn't much bad about the movie it was just the story and the villain and the main character, the music.. I didn't hear much of it since I was so bored with everything else. The special effects... They were OK, I've seen better but I've seen worse too. The lightning was Ok, the other characters were OK. Nothing much to say about it really.

Before the spoilers I'm just gonna say: Yes, this movie has like witches and vampires, but it's pretty downplayed. The vampires were really out of place, I don't really know if they were vampires but they looked and acted like the creatures from "I am Legend" so... Feel free to think what you want about that. And the witches... There were one witch in this movie and I have no idea why she was in here. And everyone kept saying that Solomon was a sorcerer but he never did anything magic at all. Just some tatoos that were supposed to protect him from the devil.. I don't know.

Ok! Now spoiler alert! The climax of the movie... Up to here we've seen Solomon gain his faith, lost his faith and now gain it again. I'm gonna tell you more about that before I go to the climax. Solomon is being told that the girl he's supposed to save is dead. So of course he's going to a dark place...... A dark place in a bar! ... In a movie with witches and vampires and the devil... I really didn't expect for any of the characters to be placed in a bar! So he gets really drunk and he keeps saying "there's no point, because she's dead" even though someone is just asking "Are you Solomon Kane?"... We are supposed to LIKE this man! Aren't we? He's the main character! And he fight's the devil and God is supposed to be with him! NO! And also before this, before he was told that the girl was dead, he kept saying that the world isn't a good place to live in, where is God in all this suffering. That doesn't fit his character at all. Even though he doesn't believe in the peaceful way he still believes that God is watching over him and stuff like that... It frustrates me.

So now, the climax, sorry for the delay but I needed to go over some problems with the main character first before I take you to this place. Solomon thinks that he killed his brother, that was his first kill. But then we find out that the masked man who infects people and turns them into slaves is his brother who has a master who the devil is the master for... Yeah. But the twist isn't good because of this reason: Solomon tries to take the peaceful way again, and he fails with that. So he then kills his brother for real this time! ... THAT'S YOU'RE FAMILY!!! YOU SHOULD NEVER KILL YOUR FAMILY NO MATTER HOW EVIL THEY ARE!!!!! ... So that happens! Really quick! So the brothers master called: Malacaid (Don't care about the spelling) then "frees" the devil so that he can come into the human world.... You know the devil in "End of days"? ... This was like that except this time he is a monster. He looks kind of like the Balrog from the Lord of the Rings but with a mind like the cavetroll from the same movie. The devil gets stuck between two pillars! He can't see Solomon when he hides behind a pillar and he's REALLY slow so Solomon pretty much WALKS away from a blow! ... So Solomon shoots Malacaid in the head and then God banishes the Devil back to hell and Solomon gets his salvation. ... ........ Solmon killed hunders of innocent people though they were just infected by his brothers sickness, he killed his father, he killed his brother... but he shot Malacaid in the head and saved the little girl! That's all that counts! ... NO! NO! NO!!! no! .. no... NEVER

I did NOT like this movie, there's nothing in it that I liked! .. I don't recommend it. no...