Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut Roadshow Version) | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

Deeper than anything found in Gladiator, I’ve long held this as one of director Ridley Scott’s top 3 features. Time has only been kind to the superior version of this Crusades epic, as the director’s cut has always garnered plenty of favor.

Director’s cut holds as one of Scott’s best. Balanced approach to this tense historical event, portraying Muslims as three-dimensional and not Hollywood’s classic route of stereotypes. Overall, well-acted, well-directed, with scale and drama throughout.

Storytelling is sacrificed for spectacle, resulting in something breathtakingly epic yet partially unsatisfying and unfortunately forgettable.

The ballistic bloodletting of the battle for Jerusalem is indeed awe-inspiring, but Scott also finds some space inside such heavy, hellish traffic to humanise the conflict.