Kingdom of Heaven

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Movie Details

• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Release Date: 2005-05-06 Nationwide
• Running Time: 145 min.
• Director: Ridley Scott
• Cast: Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Marton Csokas, Alexander Siddig, Jouko Ahola, Jon Finch, Ghasson Massoud
• Producer: Ridley Scott
• Writer: William Monahan
• Distributor: 20th Century Fox
• Official Site: Kingdom of Heaven Official Site

In his latest costume epic, Ridley Scott (Alien, Black Hawk Down) puts two heavyweight bouts on the card: Christianity dukes it out with Islam in 12th-century Jerusalem and Good Crusaders battle Bad Crusaders for the soul of the Church. Don't expect much, though, from the movie's tricked-up cultural and theological messages -- or its parallels with current events at home and in the Middle East. When the last Saracen ax-swinger is boiled in oil and the last severed Templar head is impaled on a spike, what you'll remember best is action: The climactic siege of Jerusalem is a Scott-perfect half-hour that matches anything in Troy or Gladiator for sheer, bloody, helmet-bashing mayhem. Starring Orlando Bloom as the fictional knight-errant hero and Ghassan Massoud as a romanticized version of the great Muslim warrior Saladin.