There's no real difference between choreographing a bloody jihadist skirmish and a gridiron match
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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: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... [More]
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman
Director: Peter Berg
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Reviews for The Kingdom
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.
08/08/09
izgubljen u bespu%u0107ima bliskoisto%u010Dne zbiljnosti
07/15/09
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04/23/09
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10/18/08
With sporadic explosions and some elementary detective work, Peter Berg has made his Miami Vice.
05/25/08
[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
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01/18/08
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 CriticBasically, 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
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