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The Kingdom Details

2007

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A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East. Read more

Starring	Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman
Director	Peter Berg
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

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The Kingdom

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Starring	Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Tom Bresnahan
Director	Peter Berg
Studio	UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK VIDEO RENTAL
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 50 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 50 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 50 mins
Certificate
Collections	100 Feisty Females, Top 400 All-Time Rentals
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language	DVD: English HD DVD: English Blu-ray: English
Released	Production year: 2007 To Rent: DVD: 28 Jan 2008 HD DVD: not available Blu-ray: 05 Jan 2009 HD DVD: 28 Jan 2008

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- A terrifically stupid film, this Middle East-set actioner thinks itâs âSyrianaâ but plays like âBlack Hawk... read more on Time Out
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- - Dave Calhoun
  - Time Out
  - 06 Jan 2011 at 03:45
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  Plausible action movie
  
  Based on the Western view of terrorism, the Middle East and the American viewpoint, this is an extremely plausible and extremely entertaining action movie. OK ... read more »
  
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  - Ashton-Under-Lyne
  - 15 Oct 2007 at 10:43
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  Worth watching but only just
  
  An interesting concept, but I found the politics and ever present parallels a little too close for comfort. Outstanding performance from Ashraf Barhom in a ... read more »
  
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- - LeeStephens
  - 5 reviews
  - 12 Apr 2012 at 13:13
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  false prophets
  
  i thought this film was very good in the main really gets you thinking it was well acted of course this is not new its been going on since 1100 with the ... read more »
  
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- - femalepeterpan
  - 29 reviews
  - 29 Feb 2012 at 15:24
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  Fast action packed simple story line
  
  typical American good guys get the bad guys. Action packed with some good acting and a story line that's just about believeable. Easy to watch without ... read more »
  
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- - chyk
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The Kingdom
- 02 Oct 2007
The US review for The Kingdom have been fascinating: of the 114 listed on Rotten Tomatoes as I write this, 58 are generally positive ('fresh') and 56 are negative ('rotten'). A lot of the highbrow press fall into the first category ( The New York Times; Village Voice; Time; Newsweek ), while many other critics have been quick to condemn the movie's supposedly reactionary, gung-ho politics. "A xenophobic, overblown, revenge-driven action thriller that exports the Rambo mentality to the Middle... Read more
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60,493 Member ratings

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80	16,755
70	14,085
60	12,708
50	3,729
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- The Kingdom - Blu-ray
  
  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 the action, while the tension between American FBI agents and their ...

- The Kingdom - HD
  
  After a deadly terrorist attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, takes the lives of many innocent American civilians, the FBI decides to take action by sending a team to capture those responsible. Hot shot Special Agent Ronald Fluery (Jamie Foxx) gets the task of a lifetime when he is picked to lead the ...