Kingdom of Heaven (Kingdom of Heaven (DVD))

Member Name: cool_dude

Product:	Kingdom of Heaven (DVD)
Date:	19/04/09 (61 review reads)
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Advantages: Directed by Ridley Scott, Visual Effects

Disadvantages: None

Kingdom of heaven was released in year 2005 and is an epic movie. The movie was produced and directed by greatest director Ridley Scott. The script writer of a movie was William Monahan. This is a story of a French villager who defenses his city of Jerusalem against Muslims.

Cast and Crew:

Orlando Bloom portrays Balian.
Eva green plays a role of princess Sibylla.
Edward Norton plays a role of Baldwin, king of Jerusalem.
Jeremy irons portrays Tiberias.
Brendan Gleeson portrays Rayland.
Ghassan Massoud plays a role of Saladin, leader of Muslims army.


It is the time around 12th century a French villager Balian lost his wife and children. One day a group of crusaders comes in the village and one of them tells Balian that he is his biological father. This man is godfrey of Ibelin and tells Balian to come to Jerusalem with him. He gently refuses. He came to know that his half brother cuts off his wife's head before burial and takes her crucifix. He kills his brother and decides to follow his father to leave a life of peace and to gain redemption. Some soldiers of this village arrests Balian. His father and his army fights with them. They win the fight and able to rescue Balian but most of his men were killed. They want to serve the king of Jerusalem and want that on this holy land Muslims and Christians live happily and peacefully. In the midway of journey his ship is hit by storm. Some Muslims finds him and he asks them the way to Jerusalem. The people here accept him as a lord of Ibelin. King Baldwin 1V is a good ruler and was smitten by Guy de Lusignan. Guy is looking for an opportunity to kill Baldwin, kill all Muslims and to rule on the kingdom of Christians.

Saladin is a leader of Muslims force. He also wants to retake Jerusalem and attacks on Kerak. Balian comes forward to defend Kerak. They charge on Saladin's army but they capture Balian. Here he meets Saladin's general Imad. He freed Imad sometime so he frees Balian. Baldwin comes with his army to attack on Saladin's camp. He beats Saladin's army. When Baldwin dies Guy become the king of Jerusalem. Rayland kills Saladin's sister and refuses to back his body to Saladin. Guy and Rayland march to fight with Saladin's army. They left Balian to guard Jerusalem. Guy and Rayland are captured by Saladin and he marches on Jerusalem. Balian is alone here. He prepares his army and defense. Now what happens next? Do Balian able to save the population of Jerusalem? How Balian saves Jerusalem? There is a reason why this movie is named Kingdom of Heaven. The reason is hiding in the ending of the movie. I don't want to ruin the ending so check out "Kingdom of Heaven".

I like to watch historical and epic movie and I am a big fan of Ridley Scott. So I watched this movie and I really enjoyed this movie. Ridley Scott delivers another historical movie after Gladiator. Ridley scott is best director when it comes to deliver a historical movie. Edward Norton performance is tremendous and was praised as a king Baldwin. He puts up commendable performance. The performance by Orlando Bloom is very similar to Lord of the rings and Pirates of the Caribbean and you can see resemblance of these characters in Balian. He is best fitted person for this role. His screen presence is fine but his face is emotionless. He looks very young in his previous movies like Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean. I think this is his first movie as a lead actor and he manages to act very nicely. Role of Eva Green is very small and he seemed completely out of the movie. So fans of Eva Green seem disappointed. Ridley scott casts Muslim actor for the role of Saladin. His acting is also fine.


Cinematography is stunning and Cinematographer John Mathieson did a wonderful job in the movie. He basically emphasized on designing of sets and visual effects. Kingdom of Heaven is masterpiece from technical point. Every scene in the movie is impressive. The city of Jerusalem is well designed technically. The battle scenes are marvelous and Jaw dropping. The battling scenes are comparable with Lord of the Rings. They have shown the war technology used at that time. You can see Orlando Bloom chopping heads, capturing balls of oils and moving towers. The action sequences and special effects are breath taking. The sound track is appropriate and quite different. Soundtracks depict historical events. Gregson Williams delivers very wonderful soundtracks. The costumes are beautifully designed. Story of the movie will stick for sometime in your mind. There is a message in the story. The ending is very powerful. Overall this movie is great. A must see for historical an epic movie lovers. That's all I can give you. Thanks for reading.

Summary: Kingdom of Heaven