I recently watched Solomon King (1974) on Tubi. The storyline follows a former Green Beret whose girlfriend is killed by a gang. As he digs into the details, he uncovers that a Middle Eastern gang was behind the murder, prompting him to devise a plan for revenge-an eye for an eye.

This film is co-directed by Jack Bomay and Sal Watts, both in their lone directorial projects, with Watts also starring in the title role. The film also features James Watts (Beware My Brethren), Felice Kinchelow (Truck Turner), Samaki Bennett, and Louis Zito (Savage Streets).

Solomon King is a blaxploitation film that boasts a great soundtrack, fun backdrops, and period-specific attire, hairstyles, and dialogue. However, the acting is mediocre, and the plot lacks substance. The repeated scenes of women throwing themselves at the main character quickly become tiresome. There's too much talking and not enough action. The opening scenes before the initial credits are the highlight of the movie, while the final shootout and showdown, though decent, could have been better executed.

In conclusion, Solomon King is primarily worth watching for diehard blaxploitation fans, but it doesn't add much to the genre. I'd score it a 3.5-4/10 and recommend skipping it.

A villainous Middle-eastern Prince, who plans on killing the rightful King and the beautiful Princess, taking over the country, and denying America much-needed oil finds himself opposed by ex-Green Beret, ex-CIA, über-efficient and sartorially-splendid brother Solomon King (Sal Watts). The long thought lost Black action-pic has an interesting history, primarily being the love-child of star and west-coast fashion maven Watts but unfortunately neither he nor his co-starring brother ("Little Jamie" Watts) have the screen presence to carry a feature-length film. In addition to some amateurish acting (I thought at first that the opening scene was going to be a 'film-within-a-film' joke), the production features a stale and predictable storyline, some terribly choreographed fight scenes, the occasional unconvincing 'special effect', and an abundance of tame but clumsy love-scenes. On the plus side, there are some nice cars (notably King's Maserati Ghibli), a funky soundtrack, lots of too-ugly-to-be-believed '70's outfits, and a genial Blaxploitation-light vibe. The extant version (recently show-cased on TCM) is a restoration from damaged originals and some of the scenes suffer from blurry shots, poorly synched sound, or choppy cuts, but otherwise is reasonably watchable for fans of the genre despite lacking the spirit and groove of classic Blaxploitation (such as 1973's 'Superfly').

Solomon King (Sal Watts) is the coolest cat in town and trained in special ops. His ex-lover Princess Oneeba and his brother are on the run after the CIA supported the overthrow of her country and her elderly father, the King. The princess is assassinated and Solomon seeks revenge.

This is pretty simple blaxploitation action thriller. The ultimate big bad is an Arab sheik. I'm not sure if I like that. It would be more compelling to make the CIA the big bad. They are the man after all. The production is relatively standard for a low rent blaxploitation. There is plenty of gun fire, but the blood looks fake and the staging is stiff. In the end, this is a second tier marginal blaxploitation film.