A knight to forget From: The Sunday Herald | Date: May 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright 2005 The Sunday Herald. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

THE BIG MOVIE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (15)

DIRECTOR: RIDLEY SCOTT

2/5

A GREAT deal has been made of the timing of Ridley Scott's Crusaders epic, with questions asked about why he should have been so "insensitive" as to make a film about Christians and Muslims waging almighty war with each other, when current relations are so volatile. In truth, the question is largely redundant. In terms of its themes, Kingdom Of Heaven is extremely responsible, even honourable. The problem is a different one: namely, that it's really rather dull, an epic - unlike Gladiator - that is much less than the sum of its ...

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