Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 184
Fresh: 72 | Rotten: 112
Although it's an objective and handsomely presented take on the Crusades, Kingdom of Heaven lacks depth.
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 19
Although it's an objective and handsomely presented take on the Crusades, Kingdom of Heaven lacks depth.
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Ridley Scott directed this epic-scale historical drama inspired by the events of the Crusades of the 12th century. Balian (Orlando Bloom) is a humble French blacksmith who is searching for a reason to go on after the death of his wife and children. Balian is approached by Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson), a fabled knight who has briefly returned home after serving in the East. Godfrey informs Balian that he is his true father, and urges the blacksmith to join him as he and his forces journey to
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Cast
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Orlando Bloom
Balian -
Eva Green
Sibylla -
Jeremy Irons
Tiberias -
David Thewlis
Hospitaler -
Brendan Gleeson
Reynald -
Marton Csokas
Guy de Lusignan -
Michael Sheen
Priest -
Liam Neeson
Godfrey -
Edward Norton
King Baldwin IV -
Ghassan Massoud
Saladin -
Alexander Siddig
Nasir -
Khaled Nabawy
Mullah -
Kevin Mckidd
English Sergeant -
Velibor Topic
Almaric -
Jon Finch
Patriarch -
Ulrich Thomsen
Templar Master -
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Village Sheriff -
Iain Glen
Richard Coeur de Lion -
Giannina Facio
Saladin's Sister -
Philip Glenister
Squire -
Eriq Ebouaney
Firuz -
Shane Attwooll
Reynald's Templar Knigh... -
Jouko Ahola
Odo -
Angus Wright
Richard's Knight -
Karim Saleh
Saracen Messenger -
Nasser Memarzia
Muslim Grandee -
Martin Hancock
Gravedigger -
Bronson Webb
Apprentice -
Steven Robertson
Angelic Priest -
Nathalie Cox
Balian's Wife -
Michael Shaeffer
Young Sergeant -
Lofti Yahya Jedidi
Old Ibelin Housekeeper -
Samira Draa
Sibylla's Maid -
Matthew Rutherford
Rider -
Emilio Doorgasingh
Saracen Engineer -
Peter Cant
Peasant Boy -
Michael Fitzgerald
Humphrey
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All Critics (197) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (78) | Rotten (116) | DVD (38)
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.
Top CriticIs Orlando Bloom enough of a star to sustain a $100 million costume drama? The answer turns out to be yes.
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.
Considerably more ambitious and significantly less satisfying than Gladiator.
An epic about Christian crusaders who happen to be liberal humanists willing to die for the sake of religious tolerance. That's just ... weird.
Mostly uninvolving; a movie you admire for its craft rather than enjoying for its passion.
Cinema's least potent leading man, Orlando Bloom, stinks up the screen in Ridley Scott's unsatisfying "epic" about the Crusades...
Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut is not just a 2-star movie that earned itself two more stars, but one of Ridley Scott's best, and a film that deserves its place in cinema history - even if that place could only be located on DVD.
Violent movie about the Crusades that isn't meant for kids.
Kingdom of Heaven is profoundly relevant for our troubled times.
The DVD features a first-ever interactive production grid that allows viewers to tailor the perspective and time-frame of making-of materials to their own specifications and areas of interest, offering 16 permutations of the film's odyssey.
There is little else to say except that this DVD set surpasses all expectations.
... 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)
Kingdom of Heaven is a much stronger and more interesting epic than Troy.
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.
quick review in Greek
Kingdom inevitably invites comparisons to Gladiator, Scott's last major epic. But it is a better film, partly because it does less violence to the history.
Audience Reviews for Kingdom of Heaven
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- Saladin: A king does not kill a king. Were you not close enough to a great king to learn by his example?
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- Sibylla: There will be a day when you will wish you had done a little evil to do a greater good.
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- Godfrey: Be brave in the face of your enemies. Be upright so that God may love thee. Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death. That is your oath, [slaps Balian] and that is so you remember it. Rise a Knight, and a Baron of Ibelin.
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- Sibylla: Sometimes it is better to do a lesser evil to do a greater good.
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- Balian: What could a king ask of a man like me?
- Godfrey: A better world than has ever been seen. A kingdom of conscience. A kingdom of heaven.
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- Balian: You go to where the men speak Italian, and then continue until they speak something else.
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