i realize most people do not know who solomon kane be and that the film be pitch at that much large audience . but then why bother to call it solomon kane in the first place when the name have no marketable value . the character certainly have nothing whatsoever to do with the r. e. howard character . except he have a big hat . that where the resemblance end . it always a bad sign when any superhero or fantasy or sci fi movie lingers over an origin story and but when you invent one whole cloth like this for a character who do not have one at all and you have already miss the point completely . kane be no longer even the fanatical christian warrior of the story and but rather a formerly bad guy who be try to save his soul ( this part be in the opening scene ) . with the most basic character element change or simply ignore and the use of the name solomon kane be simply perplex . be it just so they can say from the creator of conan and hope to plug into a budding franchise if the new conan movie get off the ground . ignore the complete departure from the story and the movie be competent if utterly generic for the first half but then devolve into sheer stupidity in the climactic scene which involve multiple super baddie ( think three bos level at the same time ) and none of whom be the least bit interesting or menacing . if i wasn not a kane fan who be disappoint that they completely ignore the source material and i would probably give the film a 3 or 4 instead of a 1. even for the ( majority of ) viewer who will come into this know nothing about kane and it pretty thin gruel .