“The Kingdom” was panned by critics, but it’s worth watching and owning. A few of the plot structures are weak, but it highlights some points we don’t like to look at close up and in color.
Thank you for the post. I will have to watch the DVD that was released December 22, 2007. It cannot be any worse than Miami Vice (2006) in which Jamie Foxx starred and was the lead billing. - TAB
The Kingdom (2007)
Box Office Gross Revenue
Domestic: . . . $47,467,250
Foreign: . . . . $37,732,493
Worldwide: . . $85,199,743
- Production Budget: $70 million
- Breakeven: $131 million
IMDB Users Rating: 7.3 | Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 51% - Users 85%
DVD Release Date: Dec. 22, 2007 [moved up from Dec 26, 2007]
About: When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Upon landing in the desert kingdom, however, Fleury and his team discover Saudi authorities suspicious and unwelcoming of American interlopers into what they consider a local matter. Hamstrung by protocol-and with the clock ticking on their five days-the FBI agents find their expertise worthless without the trust of their Saudi counterparts, who want to locate the terrorist in their homeland on their own terms. Fleury's crew finds a like-minded partner in Saudi Colonel Al-Ghazi, who helps them navigate royal politics and unlock the secrets of the crime scene and the workings of an extremist cell bent on further destruction. With these unlikely allies sharing a propulsive commitment to crack the case, the team is led to the killer's front door in a blistering do-or-die confrontation. Now in a fight for their own lives, strangers united by one mission won't stop until justice is found in The Kingdom. Stars Jamie Foxx; Jennifer Garner; Chris Cooper; and Jason Bateman. - Written by Universal Pictures