Sunday, 28 February 2010

Solomn Kane. or how evil can be fought.....with evil (and pointy swords)

So things I have learned from Solomn Kane.
Pointy swords do indeed fight evil, often removing evils head/arms/closest body part whilst doing it.
Its fun to fight evil but funnier to make evil stab itself with its friends sword.
If Solomn Kane doesnt want to fight someone he might still be able to stab them with two swords, set them on fire and decapitate them....its to save them any more pain you see.
Capes may look good on Solomn Kane but try it in Leicester high street and see whappens
People with too many mirrors in there houses are...evvvviilllll
You actually can pull yourself off a cross you had been crucified to...handy to know

Anyway thankfully the film proved to be a rather good all round movie, yes theres a few too many "oh I've been knocked out again so lets have a dream flashback" sequence , the budget obviously ran out for the final fight with a CGI beasti and the big evil chap didnt exactly get a look in...oh and the cross bit hmmmm er okay...
Anyway good bits, James Purefoy is great as Kane although I did somewhat prefer his fun filled stab happy evil version at the beginning rather than moody good version but he carries the whole thing so well that doesnt really matter. Like Kanes sword the film is generally to the point (ha and indeed ha) and the fight scenes are excellent with heads and arms flying everywhere.
Hopefully the films going to do well enough to warrent a sequal as I'd be happy watching Kane wander around stabing eeeevvviiilllll with a westcountry accent and as its about 2 I'm off to swish my cape around the house.

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