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Kingdom of Heaven
The movie centers on Balian, a young Frenchman in Medieval Jerusalem during the Crusades, who, having lost everything, finds redemption in a heroic fight against overwhelming forces to defend the city and its people.
22 March 1978
27 July 1970, Rudkøbing, Denmark
2 March 1942, Caterham, Surrey, England, UK
18 August 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3 June 1945, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
6 December 1963, Odense, Denmark
21 November 1965, Sudan
6 July 1980, Paris, France
March 01, 2007
One of the more violent films in recent memory. But maybe the violence serves a purpose-it keeps your mind off the inanities of the plot.
May 06, 2005
An epic about Christian crusaders who happen to be liberal humanists willing to die for the sake of religious tolerance. That's just ... weird.
May 06, 2005
As Balian and his people withstand the might of Saladin's fiery projectiles, siege towers and the usual computer-generated swarm of soldiers, it's hard not to think we're really watching The Lord of the Rings IV: Legolas Defends Jerusalem.
June 20, 2009
Cinema's least potent leading man, Orlando Bloom, stinks up the screen in Ridley Scott's unsatisfying "epic" about the Crusades...
May 06, 2005
Since we barely know what's at stake -- we're too confused and bored to care -- all this fighting means nothing to us, and yet Scott still hopes to rev us up with it.
April 29, 2009
Just another sword and sandal epic...
May 06, 2005
Mostly uninvolving; a movie you admire for its craft rather than enjoying for its passion.
February 28, 2008
Kingdom of Heaven is profoundly relevant for our troubled times.
May 06, 2005
Considerably more ambitious and significantly less satisfying than Gladiator.
July 10, 2007
... an extraordinary work of art, a plea for religious tolerance that works because of sheer filmmaking prowess and good, old-fashioned storytelling. (Director's Cut)
October 10, 2014
Even with the addition of 45 minutes of new footage, Sir Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven remains a rather uneventful epic with a story that fails to engage.
May 06, 2005
Is Orlando Bloom enough of a star to sustain a $100 million costume drama? The answer turns out to be yes.
