With sporadic explosions and some elementary detective work, Peter Berg has made his Miami Vice.
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The Kingdom (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 179
Fresh: 92
Rotten:87
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Consensus: While providing several top-notch action scenes, The Kingdom ultimately collapses under the weight of formula and muddled politics.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release: Sep 28, 2007 Wide
Box Office: $47,456,450
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 cameras put viewers right inside... [More]
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman
Director: Peter Berg
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[I]t fails in its attempt to be a serious drama with important things to say about the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
05/01/08
...Jamie Foxx leading his team of experts into uncharted territory, which then leads to the longest, best action sequence of the year.
03/03/08
Of this fall's post-9/11, Iraq-conscious lineup, The Kingdom may be the most unobjectionable, accessible and, ultimately, most entertaining.
02/28/08
The Kingdom unapologetically shows U.S. agents knocking off terrorists.
01/20/08
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.
12/27/07
Funciona bem como divertimento escapista, mas temo que não era exatamente isso que o diretor e o roteirista tinham em mente quando realizaram o filme.
11/30/07
The Kingdom works as an exotic action thriller, but its politics are so choked on checks and balances it cancels itself out.
11/30/07
Top Critic Basically, The Kingdom is a simple whodunit in political thriller drag that starts a little slow and ends a little weakly.
11/22/07
There's exceedingly little within The Kingdom that's been designed to capture (and hold) the viewer's interest...
11/14/07
The film's American heroes are depicted as pig-headed, offensive bullies who claim the moral high ground but in the end can solve their problems only with guns and car chases.
11/07/07
It's more like an action movie, a very well-made one, that has a subscription to Newsweek.
10/26/07
The Kingdom isn't trying to be a smart political thriller, but rather a compelling action film with some intelligence. And to that end it succeeds.
10/22/07
Resembles Team America: World Police. It has better-looking puppets (but) suffers the same amount of string pulling.
10/21/07
The real star is Berg, who with his fairly short list of directing credits has proven to be one of the more reliable and versatile talents working behind the camera today.
10/21/07
It's a frenetic, often incomprehensible film, full of rapid cutting, giant close-ups and muttered dialogue.
10/20/07
Everyone knows that assaults on cherished American symbols never end well for the assailants.
10/19/07
Left a bad taste in my mouth with its final scene, a moment of such heavy-handed, bonk-you-over-the-head irony that it nearly wrecked the movie for me entirely
10/17/07
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