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PERSONAL BATTLES.(Kingdom of Heaven )(movie)(Movie Review)

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| May 09, 2005 | Lane, Anthony | COPYRIGHT 2005 All rights reserved. Reproduced by permission of The CondÃ© Nast Publications Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Here's a tough one. Why should "Gladiator" be such a storm of a movie and "Kingdom of Heaven" such a damp gust? After all, they share a fine director, Ridley Scott. Both are set in distant lands: the first in ancient Rome, the second in the heat of the Crusades. Both feature a hero who battles for his honor against resplendent villains. Both start with a dusting of snow. And both introduce, by way of inventive weaponry, great balls of fire.

One day, in the year 1186, Godfrey, Baron of Ibelin (Liam Neeson), stops by a French village to inform the local blacksmith that he is a complete bastard. To be precise, he is Godfrey's bastard, and now his rightful heir. This ...

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