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The Kingdom (Widescreen Edition)
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025195005920
Format: AC-3
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-12-26
Running Time: 110
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2007-09-28
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Editorial Reviews:
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Set in Saudi Arabia, The Kingdom is a political action thriller with good acting and wonderful visuals. Its so-so script, though, at times meanders aimlessly until a good explosion jolts the viewer's attention back to the screen. Jamie Foxx stars as FBI special agent Ronald Fleury, who leads an elite team into Saudi Arabia to find the terrorists who attacked American employees working in the Middle East. He has been given the unlikely deadline of five days to infiltrate the compound, with just his wit and his crew, which includes forensics expert Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner), explosives guru Grant Sykes (Chris Cooper), and intelligence analyst Adam Leavitt (Jason Bateman). It's unclear how helpful smarmy U.S. diplomat Damon Schmidt (Jeremy Piven) will be, but Fleury knows enough to surmise that the media-hungry Schmidt might not be completely trustworthy. Foxx and Garner have wonderful screen presence, but it's Bateman and Piven who get the best lines. Director Peter Berg peppers The Kingdom with actors he has worked with in the past. Berg, who guest-starred on Alias opposite Garner, casts Tim McGraw in a small role here. (The country singer also had a co-starring role in Berg's 2004 film Friday Night Lights.) And Kyle Chandler and Minka Kelly--two of Berg's lead actors from the Friday Night Lights television series, , make appearances in The Kingdom. The action sequences he creates are impressive and generate a sense of panic that The Kingdom producer Michael Mann (Miami Vice) undoubtedly applauds. While a tauter script would've rounded out the action nicely, the action in many cases does speak for itself. --Jae-Ha Kim
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: DVD Skips
Comment: This DVD stops and jumps at least 3 times in the playing. I am very disappointed as I really enjoyed this movie and wanted to see it again at my convenience. The disc is flawed however and I am not getting what I wanted out of it.
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Summary: War propaganda
Comment: This film is goebbels-like war propaganda. Feed the hate against your enemies and kiss your flag americans.
Most of the worst bombings alover the world are executed from radicals with the support of the CIA, Mossad or other right wing parmilitary!
Bush & Co. went to war because of money & oil....The US army is simmilar
to Hitler-germany including the population! Everybody is standing behind
and shouting....sieg heil, a humm sorry "God bless America" Nobody knows
why...it's just faschist nationalism. History repeats itself. Hail Bush!
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Summary: ripped from the headlines
Comment: The Kingdom is about a group of FBI special agents that muscle their way into Saudi Arabia to investigate a terrorist bombing in which many Americans were targeted and killed. They deal with alot of politics and red tape just to get there, but their lives are at risk when the actually arrive. They find themselves not only trying to solve the one crime, but also prevent others. Great action sequences. Ripped from the headlines type of storyline. Acting is minimal, but still effective. There are alot of subtitles. Definitely worth viewing.
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Summary: Honest Review From an ARAMCO Brat
Comment: Let me start off by saying I grew up in an ARAMCO compound in Saudi Arabia since the age of 5, so this film hit pretty close to home for me and my family. Since 9/11, the atmosphere in this closed country has completely changed. America has always been Saudi's best friend, but since most of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudi, an uneasy tension has formed between the two peoples, especially inside the kingdom. That said, this was a very entertaining action movie. Peter Berg basically took a real life event, embellished it, and made it entertaining for an American audience. His portrayal of ex-pats living in Saudi was fairly accurate, although we had much nicer housing than the Americans depicted in this movie. The structure of the royal family was fairly true to life, as the princes control most of the day-to-day functions of Saudi society. As for the gunfighting, until recently guns were almost never fired inside Saudi Arabia, they were simply used as a threat. But when several terrorist attempts to attack certain facilites were shot down, blood was spilled between Saudis. I cannot emphasize how shocking this was to Saudi life, mostly because their media is completely controlled by the royal government, but also because it showed them they were not immune to the threat of Al-Qaida and other extremist factions. What this film is mostly valuable for is expressing the quantum change that has occured in Saudi society, where once they felt completely secure, now they realize they are vulnerable to the same threats we all are.
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Summary: Intense...
Comment: This was a very good movie that does a very good job of portraying the complexities associated with the current struggles between the United States and terrorism. The movie begins with a terrible killing in Saudi Arabia by a group wishing to purge the country of all non-Muslims. Jamie Foxx plays the head of a small team sent in to find the person responsible for over a hundred deaths. Things don't start well for the team as they meet much red-tape, but after developing good relations with one of the police officers assigned to "baby-sit" them, they are able to continue the investigation.
What ensues is a very intense, pulse-pounding movie that really will push you to the edge of your seats. The choice of actors is spot-on (Chris Cooper is fantastic) and I'm happy that the ending did a fair job rather than look for a quick, Hollywood ending.
I'm glad this movie was made and was thoroughly entertained.
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