In the vein of SHAFT and DOLEMITE, SOLOMON KING stars Sal Watts as an ex-CIA operative / ex-Green Beret / nightclub owner seeking violent revenge for the murder of his girlfriend by hitmen working for an oil-obsessed Middle Eastern ruler.
directed by:Â Sal Watts/Jack Bomay
starring:Â Sal Watts, “Little” Jamie Watts, Samaki Bennet, Claudia Russo, Felice Kinchelow, Louis Zito, Tanya Boyd (uncredited)
1974 / 84 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS HD-MA 2.0
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- New restoration by Deaf Crocodile from the only known complete 35mm print
- New commentary track by film critic and historian Walter Chaw (Film Freak Central, A Walter Hill Film – MZS Press)
- New commentary track by author, journalist, and documentary film producer Steve Ryfle (Ishiro Honda – Wesleyan University Press)
- New three-part video interview with Belinda Burton-Watts (widow of director/star Sal Watts)
- New booklet essay by Josiah Howard (Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide – FAB Press)
- July 18, 1976 episode of THE JAY PAYTON show (executive produced by Sal Watts)
- Reproduction of the original SOLOMON KING pressbook
- Restoration demo video featuring the original faded print and the newly restored feature
- Blu-ray mastering and authoring by David Mackenzie/Fidelity in Motion
- English SDH subtitles
