In the opening sequence Solomon Kane (James Purefoy of THE FOLLOWING) is fighting in the Crusades in the Middle East. All of his men are slaughtered. He confronts a demon,who tells him that he's bound for hell because of his violent ways. So he renounces being a soldier and returns to England, keeping to himself until a Puritan family befriends him. We learn that he was part of a noble family that he left as a young man--he and his older brother got in fight and the brother went over a cliff, presumably to his death. Now, this land is now ruled by an evil sorcerer. In fact, it turns out that the brother survived and is now this zombie-like creature that can infect others with evil just by touching them. After the family encounters some of these demonized soldiers they are killed--except for the daughter. So he takes it upon himself, against incredible ods to go and rescue her.
Of Robert E. Howard's book characters I always preferred Conan and Kull over Solmon--but this is the best film adaptation of any Robert E. Howard character.
In the opening sequence Solomon Kane (James Purefoy of THE FOLLOWING) is fighting in the Crusades in the Middle East. All of his men are slaughtered. He confronts a demon,who tells him that he's bound for hell because of his violent ways. So he renounces being a soldier and returns to England, keeping to himself until a Puritan family befriends him. We learn that he was part of a noble family that he left as a young man--he and his older brother got in fight and the brother went over a cliff, presumably to his death. Now, this land is now ruled by an evil sorcerer. In fact, it turns out that the brother survived and is now this zombie-like creature that can infect others with evil just by touching them. After the family encounters some of these demonized soldiers they are killed--except for the daughter. So he takes it upon himself, against incredible ods to go and rescue her.
