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The Kingdom (2007)

The Kingdom
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Chris Cooper, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman

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

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78% liked it
409,617 ratings

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51% liked it
181 critics

R, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed by: Peter Berg
Release Date: Sep 28, 2007
DVD Release Date: Dec 23, 2007

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2 days ago
Dullsville. Even the action sequences could not save this dull dull film. Jamie Foxx has too many x's in his name and has the same problem as Frank Lampard i.e. he looks like someone has asked him an incredibly difficult question and is staring at th... (read more)
5 days ago
Good action film with some political mumbo jumbo thrown in for good measure.
5 days ago
the gun fight and close combat are breathtaking, which made up the low pace in the first half...
9 days ago
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primera hora explicativa, y si nada de acción, a ecepción de el comienzo, pero desps la peli se pone interesante...
Y el final uff, muy bueno, excelentes tomas y me parece que fué un gran... (read more)
9 days ago
Oli tässä hetkensä. Ärsytti vaan tuo Amerikka-hehkutus välillä. Ei keksi muuta sanottavaa kuin "Ihan hyvä".

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794 days ago
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Sensationally directed by Peter Berg.
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795 days ago
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
Macho lunacy.
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802 days ago
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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.
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802 days ago
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
It's clear that Berg wants to humanize the Saudis, but I suspect much of this nuance will get blown to smithereens in a firestorm of bullets.
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802 days ago
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
A slick, brutishly effective genre movie: Syriana for dummies.

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