If you liked Gladiator, go and watch it again instead of watching this abortion. Wooden acting, predictable and repetative. Leading lady was a bit, err. Well, not enough of a honey to bring it back from aweful. The mass seige scenes were fairly cool, which stops this turkey rating a 1, but Orlando Bloom and his effeminate elfin weakness dragged the whole film down. The character he was playing was utterly unbelievable, his rabble rousing speeches were un-inspired and the whole perfomance was flat. Rubbish. The fall of the seige tower scene (CGI) is the one and only redeeming feature. Kingdom is not even worth it for the kit, un-inspiring costumes on everyone (chain shirt, coif and a tabard) except the Arabs, who had a few shiny things. The Queen's riding kit when she first appears, and the Arab King's armour are almost worth the ticket price alone. Almost, but not.


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