Damn it! I love medieval and ancient action movies and I was hoping for another Gladiator here.
As for the Kingdom of Heaven comment, I can't imagine the Director's cut is much better. My biggest problem with that movie was Orlando Bloom and his character. I was impressed that they kept close to history in some ways to the story of Balian of Ibelin, namely that he kept Saladin from enslaving or killing the inhabitants of Jereuselem, but otherwise he felt generic. Besides that, Bloom just can't carry the brooding warrior main character role.
The sad part is I loved every other character in that movie, probably because they were all played by excellent character actors (Neeson, Norton, Irons, Thewlis, Mckidd) who sadly died or left after five minutes on screen.