Ridley Scott's grand historical spectacle refracts 20th- and 21st-century Middle Eastern conflicts through the medieval Crusades (1095-1291) that mired Muslims, Christians and Jews in a complex stew of lofty religious fervor and earthly greed. France, 1184: Noble knight Godfrey of Ibelin (Liam Neeson), who has no legitimate heirs, invites his illegitimate son, blacksmith Balian (Orlando Bloom), to accompany him to Jerusalem. Embroiled in a two-century war between Christians and Muslims, Jerusalem is the center of a brave new world where a man may shuck off hidebound European social structures and live up to his own potential. Balian's subsequent journey of self-reinv...
Released:
2005
Rated:
R
Length:
145 mins