Solomon Kane (Michael J. Bassett, 2009)

James Purefoy dons the stubble and tortured mean mofo attitude of his lookalike Hugh Jackman, as Wolverine/Van Helsing, as a 17th century mercenary who roams the land having renounced violence in exchange for a temporary reprieve from eternal damnation. Naturally, like his homonymous namesake Caine in Kung Fu, the forces of evil won't leave the man of peace alone and the slaughter of a pious family by unsavoury hordes soon has him back to limb-chopping like he'd never stopped.
It's complete action twaddle by numbers, of course, but given enough of a gloss by a decent stab at historical design and some rather lovely snowbound landscape photography that it'll do to while away the hours.

5/10