It's a good film, though you can see the attempt of becoming a great one. First half presents a lot of good sequences, but the next half would make one feel there's a lot going on and it's lacking cohesion. Understandably, the film is limited by time constraints, and had it fleshed out everything, we might end up watching a more than three-hour epic. Nonetheless, the movie is good and worth watching, and Russell Crowe is always great as an actor, and, surprisingly, a promising good director.