Disturbed over his wife's death Balian journeys with his long-estranged father to Jerusalem as a crusader and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
1980, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
7 June 1952, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK
20 May 1915, Bushey, Hertfordshire, England, UK
11 November 1964, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
3 October 1967, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
1970, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
1951
19 September 1948, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
7 March 1978, Lyon, France
5 June 1969, Dallas, Texas, USA
6 December 1963, Odense, Denmark
18 January 1936, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
6 July 1980, Paris, France
1973, UK
18 August 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
22 March 1978
1968, Risca, Gwent, Wales, UK
21 November 1965, Sudan
1 December 1970, Hämeenlinna, Finland
12 September 1966, Mansoura, Egypt
24 June 1961, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
3 June 1945, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1950, Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
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
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.
May 06, 2005
Considerably more ambitious and significantly less satisfying than Gladiator.
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.
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.
February 28, 2008
Kingdom of Heaven is profoundly relevant for our troubled times.
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)
April 29, 2009
Just another sword and sandal epic...
June 20, 2009
Cinema's least potent leading man, Orlando Bloom, stinks up the screen in Ridley Scott's unsatisfying "epic" about the Crusades...
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
Is Orlando Bloom enough of a star to sustain a $100 million costume drama? The answer turns out to be yes.
May 06, 2005
Mostly uninvolving; a movie you admire for its craft rather than enjoying for its passion.
