Product Description

Orlando Bloom, Jeremy Irons, Liam Neeson, Edward Norton, Michael Sheen, Eva GreenDirector: Ridley Scott

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1846 in DVD
• Brand: Blu-ray Action & Adventure
• Released on: 2006-12-11
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Formats: Director's Cut, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .26 pounds
• Running time: 189 minutes

Synopsis
Director Ridley Scott confronts hundreds of years of religious conflict in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. An epic film set in Europe and the Middle East, the story follows one man's struggle to better himself and the world around him. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a French blacksmith who is mourning the deaths of his wife and baby when his estranged nobleman father (Liam Neeson) arrives and asks him to join the Crusades in Jerusalem. Mindful that conducting the Lord's work will help him atone for his sins, Balian agrees, and embarks on the perilous journey. Along the way, he reveals his gifts of inherent goodness and fair treatment of all human beings. Upon reaching Jerusalem, a city where his meagre beginnings no longer matter, Balian earns respect and fealty, while the evil Guy de Lusignan (Marton Csokas) looks down his aristocratic nose at the former labourer. As he did in GLADIATOR, Scott explores the theme of a man who chooses his fate, instead of accepting the fate given to him at birth. Balian comes to life in Jerusalem, protecting the weak and defenceless as his father told him he must, and catching the eye of the beautiful Princess Sibylla (Eva Green), unhappily married to de Lusignan. Scott paints a stirring portrait of the struggle over Jerusalem among Christians, Jews, and Muslims. In doing so, he also shows the passionate fight for religious freedom. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ably handles these delicate issues, effectively treating characters from all factions as individuals and not as stereotypes. By placing a virtuous man at the centre of this conflict, Scott creates a powerful, universal story. This director's cut includes an extra 45 minutes not in the original film.

Customer Reviews

Jaw-Dropping
I'm not going to review the film in any detail here, I'm sure there are plenty of better reviews elsewhere so I'm just going to go over the blu-ray experience:

Visuals: Jaw dropping to say the least. It's almost sad to say a 2 year old film is about the best blu-ray film available but don't let this put you off, in fact you should get it!

The clarity is incredible, as clear and sharp as can be. Breathtaking scenes in crisp high definition from start to finish (clocking in at just over 3 hours, that is a LOT of great detail!) I don't honestly know how to describe the visuals other than imagine how good a film should be able to look, and this is it. I couldn't imagine it much better at all!

For a great HD experience, Kingdom of Heaven is a great film to have in your collection. This is definitely the film I'll be using to show off Blu-Rays potential, and if that doesn't say something I don't know what will!!

Where's The Extras?
The Film? Superb! Quality? Faultless! Extras? NON EXISTENT! Amazon says there's over 18hrs of extras but all there is, is a trailer for the film! Very dissapointing. I think they must have meant 0.18 Hrs of Extras!

Visually Perfect
OK, so you have to ignore Orlandos acting skills. But apart from that this film, in Blu-Ray bliss, is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
I spent most of the time looking at blades of grass, twigs and clouds and not paying attention to what was going on.
Perfection.