Solomon Kane to hit UK cinemas on the 19th

Another one of Robert E. Howard's heroes made it to the big screen and his English release will hit UK cinemas this week on the 19th of February.

As we've talked about on Robert E. Howards birthday, the imaginative man from Texas did not only create the Hyborian Age and all it's characters, but among many others, also a very interesting and sombre puritan named Solomon Kane. A dark wanderer in the 1600's throughout all of Europe and the Northern jungles of Africa. Over the course of the last two years an independent producer team created an origins tale driven movie based on the character Solomon Kane which will hit UK cinemas this week on February the 19th.

Here is what Mr. UK Cinema, Jonathan Ross had to say on his Film show on BBC ONE this week.

Pulp fiction genius Robert E Howard more or less single handily created the sword and sorcery genre but even by the standard of his imaginative output Solomon Kane is a curiously dark character. In bringing him to the screen the film takes on just a little too much of his grim outlook and tortured personality as the visual palette is on the grey side but that aside and given that this is a comparatively low budget production the makers have done a magnificent job in creating a fantasy movie that sets itself apart from the competition . Directed with real swagger by Michael J Bassett , has a strong sense of it's time and place and a beautifully pitched central performance by James Purefoy. He meets the challenge of such an unconventional hero head on as Solomon carves his way across the screen aiming to save his soul and find a purpose in his tormented life. He's a one man front line in a straight forward battle between good and evil which comes to a head in some brilliant mounted set pieces which drives this distinctive and hugely enjoyable adventure.

Solomon Kane is due to be shown all across the world in cinema releases in the course of this year and if you want to stay tuned, just join the official Solomon Kane Facebook page, to stay on top of the news about this new and exciting REH Movie.