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The Kingdom (2007)

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Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 182
Fresh: 92 | Rotten: 90

While providing several top-notch action scenes, The Kingdom ultimately collapses under the weight of formula and muddled politics.

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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 46
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 26

While providing several top-notch action scenes, The Kingdom ultimately collapses under the weight of formula and muddled politics.

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In the aftermath of a deadly attack on American forces in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, diplomats are slow to act, but meanwhile, FBI special agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) assembles a secret team of U.S. counter-terrorism investigators to enter the city and find the criminal behind what has quickly become an international incident. The crew, however, finds their attempt to capture the perpetrators stalled by bureaucracy and their presence unwelcome. Desperate to gain the trust they need to accomplish

Dec 23, 2007

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All Critics (187) | Top Critics (46) | Fresh (96) | Rotten (94) | DVD (26)

The Kingdom works as an exotic action thriller, but its politics are so choked on checks and balances it cancels itself out.

November 30, 2007 Full Review Source: CNN.com | Comment (1)
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When it's got the pedal to the metal, which is a substantial fraction of the running time, The Kingdom delivers the goods.

October 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Film.com
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Sensationally directed by Peter Berg.

October 6, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Magazine
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A terrifically stupid film. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

October 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Everything moves so much and so fast that the movie seems both gutsy and brainy. But the main strategy is to keep viewers' pulses racing so they concentrate on the action, not the message.

October 2, 2007 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine
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One could say [director Peter Berg] shoots first and asks questions later, if at all.

October 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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There's no real difference between choreographing a bloody jihadist skirmish and a gridiron match

August 27, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
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A good deal more Transformers than Syriana, a movie that drapes a crisp, lightly browsed copy of The Economist over an enormous pubescent boner for grinding metal, busted glass, and crackling gunfire.

August 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Reverse Shot
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July 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Index.hr

Intense, bloody look at Mid East violence.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

[I]t fails in its attempt to be a serious drama with important things to say about the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

May 1, 2008 Full Review Source: MSNBC

...Jamie Foxx leading his team of experts into uncharted territory, which then leads to the longest, best action sequence of the year.

March 3, 2008 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review
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Of this fall's post-9/11, Iraq-conscious lineup, The Kingdom may be the most unobjectionable, accessible and, ultimately, most entertaining.

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado Springs Gazette

The Kingdom unapologetically shows U.S. agents knocking off terrorists.

January 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington Times
Washington Times

Extras on the disc include a full length audio commentary by director Peter Berg.

January 14, 2008 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide
Apollo Guide

If you can help yourself from taking it too seriously, it's a predictably entertaining thrill ride that more than fills any appetite for explosions.

December 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Bronsonfive

Treats world history as a sports arena where the US has the home-team advantage, because America considers the entire world its private property. Which leaves a fairly loaded question: whose kingdom? Time to declare theaters demilitarized zones.

December 27, 2007 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze
NewsBlaze

Treats world history as a sports arena where the US has the home-team advantage, because America considers the entire world its private property. Which leaves a fairly loaded question: whose kingdom? Time to declare theaters demilitarized zones.

December 27, 2007 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comments (2)
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Audience Reviews for The Kingdom

A Great action movie thriller. The ending is so true . . if you dont get it than maybe you missed the point of the movie.
March 2, 2008
jmanard52

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An empty movie with a message that delivers with nothing backing it up except for one shocking scene. However, the action scenes in this movie are top-notch.
September 18, 2010
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