While the overall story stretches credulity and Arab geography for the most part is ignored, for entertainment value The Kingdom rules.
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10/01/07
The Kingdom (2007)
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Reviews Counted:181
Fresh:92
Rotten:89
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: While providing several top-notch action scenes, The Kingdom ultimately collapses under the weight of formula and muddled politics.
Theatrical Release:05-10-2007
Synopsis: Actor, writer, and director Peter Berg (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS) delivers a fearless, action-packed political thriller with THE KINGDOM. Shot in the Middle East with unsettling immediacy, the hand-held... [More]
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman
Director: Peter Berg
Reviews for The Kingdom
If this film underscores anything, it's just how deeply we still misunderstand the Middle East and how our culture--in this case, pop culture--completely misses complexities it can't even begin to understand.
09/30/07
Whatever other problems it caused, at least [9-11] solved our cinematic villain dilemma for the foreseeable future.
09/29/07
This is a good time of year for an exciting, thought provoking action drama, before all the award fever hits the theaters. The Kingdom is that, and more...
09/29/07
Every moment in The Kingdom is shrouded with the threat of violence, until it finally explodes in a last reel that's one of the most heart-pounding action scenes in years.
09/29/07
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09/29/07
Offers the satisfaction of a crowd-pleasing police procedural -- the mystery is solved; the bad guys are caught -- tempered with the uneasiness of a terrorism thriller.
09/29/07
Is it a good film? Not especially, though you can't go too far wrong with Chris Cooper in any cast, and he alone raises the quality a notch or two.
09/29/07
Part CSI, part Syriana, part Jack Ryan story, The Kingdom is an action thriller that switches things up but still keeps you on the edge of your sea
09/29/07
Sometimes fun, sometimes powerful, but ultimately flawed. It promises action, but only delivers a little, decrying it while delighting in it.
09/29/07
Any serious messages get drowned out with the noise from the big explosions.
09/28/07
The Kingdom isn't evil - it's just ****ing stupid.
09/28/07
Peter Berg shows he's more than capable of making a tight, timely, multilayered political drama - at least for about 40 minutes.
09/28/07
Like the best Tom Clancy movies, only you can understand it.
09/28/07
You would think that a movie dealing with terrorism, the oil conflict, and global hostility would feel a lot more vital and stimulating than this.
09/28/07
Sort of like going to an exotic restaurant and ordering the equivalent of spaghetti and meatballs; e.g., a wasted opportunity.
09/28/07
The Kingdom comes down to a police procedural, and one whose procedures prove none too interesting.
09/28/07
one of the best thrillers of 2007
09/28/07
Berg tries to appeal to the post-9/11 action fan who wants to cheer a vengeful us-vs.-them bloodbath while also furrowing his brow over the waste of it all.
09/28/07
It attempts to say something profound about the war on terrorism and the human tendency toward an us-vs.-them mentality. But the finale feeds on a sense of bloodlust and then tries to pull back to show us the error of maniacal revenge.
09/28/07
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