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Some more from Rotten Tomatoes movie reviews:

"Yawn. Are the Crusades over yet? Wake me when it's time to leave."
-- Boo Allen, DENTON RECORD CHRONICLE (TX)

"More than ever, Hollywood has become a cinema of fantasy and escapism. But every so often, a powerful director manages to marshal its forces to make a statement or impart a vision that's courageously relevant to what's going on in the real world."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER

"Ridley Scott's breathtaking historical epic is let down by patchy script."
-- Angela Baldassarre, SYMPATICO.CA

"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. "
-- Kit Bowen, HOLLYWOOD.COM

"Scott once again proves himself an inept director of action."
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR

"Just isn't the larger-than-life, heartrending Crusades masterpiece we were praying Gladiator's director would deliver."
-- Annette Cardwell, FILMCRITIC.COM

"The world's longest and most inscrutable luxury car commercial."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL

"The Christian knights are mouldy cynics. The Saracens are polished snakes. The twists are marvellous. And dying with an axe in your head is a fine art. "
-- James Christopher, TIMES OF LONDON

"William Monahan’s well-crafted script keeps the politico-socio side of things well balanced"
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS

"... we can see the rising tide of history and admire the skillful way it's depicted. But, somehow, that tide never builds enough power to sweep us away."
-- Carol Cling, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

"The human drama is cut short in favor of all the battle scenes... they should have thrown this lame Christian script to the lions and made another Gladiator."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM

"Knights! Castles! Broadswords! Catapults! Flaming balls! Severed heads! Burning oil! Gushing digital blood!"
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE