Kingdom of Heaven Desert Ambush: Balian Fights Templars (Kingdom of Heaven, 2005) [4K]

If you thought it was only about Christian vs. Muslim in the crusader era, you are in for a ride! It was more (maybe only) about politics and religion was a mere tool to achieve political intentions. In this scene, in Guy’s effort to get rid of Balian, random templars ambush Balian as he was resting alone in the desert. Although being heavily outnumbered, tired, and getting seriously injured, Balian gives the templars the fight of their lives! Medieval battles were not only about open field battles or siege battles. Most fighting took place in form of little clashes, ambushes, or even assassinations (I am looking at you Altair!) Many battle movies emphasize bigger battles and the Kingdom of Heaven is one of them. The movie is all about leading us to the final, decisive battle, but this movie does also a good job of showing us little clashes, ambushes, and assassinations, which were parts of daily lives in the medieval era. For another great ambush scene from this movie, c