Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut) - (Ridley Scott;2005;UK/Spain/USA/Germany)
During Christian occupation of Jerusalem, a Knight returns to France to bring his son with him to the Holy land.
Seeing the director's cut is a completely different experience then the theatrical cut. Character motivations have the missing puzzles put it and some things are now noticed as a result of showing all the missing pieces that were cut "for time." At the same time it returns to the power of old Hollywood epics while retaining modern gritty realism. Superior to Gladiator and one of the best epics of the last half century and possibly further. While Orlando Bloom isn't the best choice as the protagonist, he works. It could've been better with someone else but it doesn't tear the movie apart. The story, acting, cast, direction, music, everything is top notch.


Crank - (Mark Neveldine/Brian Taylor;2006;UK/USA)
A hitman is drugged by his rival with an anti-adrenaline poison and must keep it up to live longer.
While some aspects of the style I liked, at times it quickly turns annoying at many times in that Man of Fire type of way. It does entertain though, mostly due to Jason Staham's presence. The main problem is the action is like Sin City only without the comic book atmosphere.