Accept No Substitutes: Solomon Kane

 

Some Robert E. Howard fans have been waiting for 82 years to see Solomon Kane up on the big screen. Despite proving popular enough to appear perennially in anthologies, comics and role-playing games, for a long time nobody has been successful in bringing the Man from Devon into the cinematic medium. Michael J. Bassett’s Solomon Kane hit UK screens on Friday. I saw it on Saturday.

What’s the verdict?