can we skip origin tales from now on!
This film was OK, Purefoy really saves it but why do we always have to dedicate a first film (in this case only) to an origin tale? Especially when Robert E. Howard never wrote one to begin with. I would have preferred Solomon riding into town or wherever, saving the day & leaving as mysterious as he came. Perhaps just a talk with a character like the one he had here with Meredith's father for some back ground. The sequel would have been this way but we won't get those now.
This goes for comic book adaptations too. Quick recap of origin then move on. Don't need a whole long explanation especially when it's already been done before.
I've seen the future and I've left it behind.