Brendan Gleeson, Edward Norton, Eva Green
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is an epic adventure about a common man who finds himself thrust into a decades-long war. A stranger in a strange land, he serves a doomed king, falls in love with an exotic and forb...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 11, 2005
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June 25, 2009A young man who is wanted for murder joins the crusades. I thought this would be another 'Troy' with a good cast and director but the story was lame and I gave up watching half way through. Sorry Orly.
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May 31, 2009Beautifully shot in Ridley Scott's sweeping style, rich in cinematic detail. I am looking forward to watching the Director's Cut, to see the film as was originally intended - a meditation on religion and history as opposed to a battle-heavy action adventure.
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April 15, 2009"Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong"
Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
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February 7, 2009"The world will decide. The world always decides."
Ridley Scott's attempt to gain the same success of "Gladiator" fails at some points, but in the end it's still mildly entertaining and a decent addition to the epic film genre.
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November 4, 2009It's hard to make the Crusades uninteresting, you'd also have to be a complete prick not to be interested in that period of history. Ridley Scott almost succeeds at making nothing of a film, looks great yadda yo but who fucking cares when it's so worthless? The material is just n...( read more)
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October 30, 2009At this point, it can be said that Ridley Scott has found his calling. I don't just mean film making; I mean making historical epics. His choice of time period and style are a combination that can make you weep at the beauty of it. This is a superb film. Most parts are played ver...( read more)
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October 30, 2009This appears to be a great follow up to Gladiator by Ridley Scott. However, the moment Orlando Bloom appears onscreen with his vacant stare and complete lack of conviction, some painfully acted scenes have to ben endured. you would expect that he could be lifted by a cast includi...( read more)
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October 30, 2009Wow, this movie is very good to me. Even though the story is not that significant to others, the movie delivered the good message and revealed the true story about the history of Crusaders at that time. It features also the good battle against the antagonist of the movie. IT IS A...( read more)
Critic Reviews
May 6, 2005
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
May 6, 2005
David Edelstein, Slate
An epic about Christian crusaders who happen to be liberal humanists willing to die for the sake of religious tolerance. That's just ... weird. full review
May 6, 2005
Kurt Loder, MTV
The movie is distinguished by the uniform excellence of its actors ... Orlando Bloom, in particular ... gives a performance of striking stillness and reserve ... full review
May 6, 2005
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
No one should be offended except, of course, those who like movies that excite the mind as well as the pulse. full review
May 5, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A spectacular battle for Jerusalem, as only Ridley Scott could direct. full review
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
A film about holiness beset by a pedestrian spirit. full review
May 4, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
William Monahan's deft script underscores the modern parallels in this story without hitting us upside the head. full review
May 2, 2005
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
One imagined that a movie about the Crusades would be gallant and mad; one feared that it might stoke some antiquated prejudice. But who could have dreamed that it would produce this rambling, hollow ... full review
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December 31, 2008hahaha
i saw this poster in marley & me!!
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May 26, 2008i dont agree i thought Orlando bloom was amazing in this movie any one ealse would have killed the part u pple are crazy in thinking orlando bloom should not have been cast ur all nuts but i do agree that sabylla could have had a lil more purpose in the movie i felt like she was just kinda there u no i have never seen the DC but maybe i should but i still think orlando bloom was a great choice
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March 19, 2008I love this movie! My favourite characters are King Baldwin IV and Princess/Queen Sibylla. I think Ed Norton and Eva Green did fantastic jobs on this film. Eva Green's character was given mixed reviews because her character's story wasn't all that good, but that's only because the theatrical release cut out the boy, which was the whole centre of her character. It just seemed like she was moping around for nothing in the theatrical, that she should have got over Baldwin's death, but the whole plot with her son was as Scott said the whole 'juice' of her part, and without that her character seemed to just be a silly love interest who didn't seem to quite know what she was meant to be doing. But in the DC she was great and that's what I'm going by. I always thought Scott was silly to cast Bloom, I mean he was alright, but they only got him because they couldn't get Russell Crowe, so that says something. And when Baldwin died, well...I really thought they should have made that later on!
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January 9, 2008Site for Kingdom of Heaven
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October 3, 2007It's set in the 1180s, during a time of relative peace between the 2nd and 3rd crusades. Jerusalem and its surrounding territory are controlled by Christians, descendants of the First Crusaders, who had conquered it in 1099 from Muslims, who had themselves conquered it in the 7th century from Byzantine Christians.as the Muslim armies have united under Saladin to attempt a reconquest.
King Baldwin of Jerusalem did die young from leprosy, but served as a respected ruler before that. Baldwin's sister Sibylla was unfortunately less noble than shown. Instead of trying to escape her inept and nasty husband.
Muslim Govts had a pretty good record for tolerance. They levied extra taxes on Jews and Christians under their rule, forbad them to proselytize, but otherwise left them alone to worship. And under Muslim control.
The Christian record is far more troubling. The Crusades unleashed a torrent of hatred directed at non-Christians, spurred by the new teaching that "killing for Christ -
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July 12, 2007I agree with a few other people on here that this movie could have been so much more. How could scott been so blind to cast orlando bloom with the lead?.
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