The second feature film to combine two of 20th Century Fox’s most popular franchises doesn’t skimp on gizmos or gore, just on characterization and dialogue.
Between the two of them, Ridley Scott and Orlando Bloom have picked up their swords for Gladiator, Troy and The Lord of the Rings trilogy. And that's the problem. If the intriguing but ultimately derivative Kingdom of Heaven had arrived before these recent period epics, it may have stood a better chance of enthralling us.