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I found the killing of Samuel disturbing

posted 10 years ago by jlw62987
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I understand the death of Samuel and most of the family was a plot device to move Solomon Kane into action but killing Samuel was a bit much. The film didn't show much when it happened but just presenting the image of his throat being cut is horrifying. Maybe I'm soft or whatever but I hate when they kill off kids in movies. I couldn't care less if it's "realistic." Just seemed they did this to shock the viewers and only weak movies need to do these types of things to shock us.

[–] JuliusAgricola 10 years ago

Yep you are soft.

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[–] sandifay62 10 years ago

This wasn't done to shock the viewers it was a pat of the story and what happened to these people. It's actually a cliche in movies like these.

I knew the family was doomed since their inherent goodness was established. I knew either the boy or old man were going to be killed horrible and they did that to both. I knew that the girl was going to be either raped, kidnapped, or needed to be saved by Solomon. thankfully they only kidnapped her. If they had a dog, it would've been killed two. Happy families and pets are doomed in fantasy/sci-fi/horror/action movies. Lol

I don't like to see kids and babies in danger or women raped in movies, but these kind of movies are prone to scenes like these. I think the kid's neck getting cut was done well. It wasn't graphic and it was done quickly.