The Kingdom (Widescreen Edition) | 
| Actors: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  155 reviews
Sales Rank: 10242
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 110 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 61100766
UPC: 025195005920
EAN: 0025195005920
ASIN: B000Y7WGOW
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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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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 Excellent Service July 1, 2009
Dianna Jo Shire
Great sercie. Will use again.
Dianna Wells Shire, author "The Ordinary Life of a Military Woman"
 Enjoyable June 9, 2009
Alan Starr (Lawrence, MA)
A by-the-numbers thriller, although pretty well done. One review called 'Syriana For Dummies', which is probably both unfair and yet appropriate. The best performance in the movie is by the Israeli actor Ashraf Barhom, who plays the Saudi secret police chief.
 Meh... May 30, 2009
aBOODY (Saudi Arabia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
First of all let me say that I AM a Saudi. I saw this film a couple of days ago which gave me a fair expression at first but ended with a cruel judgment of Saudi Arabia and Saudi's as an inhumane violent society where anything barbaric can happen.
I would've appreciated it if the director spent more time researching the country and looked at things from a broader more intelligent perspective. Saudi Arabia has one of the lowest homicidal rates in the world, and I'm pretty sure that the lag is due to the crimes that came along with foreigners, particularly southeastern Asians. Saudi Arabia has a very family oriented society, where you are "limited" in your actions towards what your family or tribe allows you to do. That is probably the main reason of peace among Saudis. Add to that that women are nearly invisible which abolishes passion crimes.
The script (as always from Hollywood) contains exaggeration and stupidity. Like the ridiculous scenes about Alsuwaidi. I couldn't stop myself from laughing with my bros when I saw that seen. In fact it has somewhat turned into this "laugh seen" where I replay it each time I have a chance to get a laugh or two.
The film does contain some positive segments though. It's a clearly high budget action flick with some insane special effects.
If action is what your looking for then you'll enjoy this film no doubt. But if your looking to learn something new (and real) about Saudi Society or even Arabs, then look elsewhere.
fast shipping May 18, 2009
Luis Alberto Castillo (Dallas, TX)
like i said fast shipping and just like the seller said it was brand new and sealed
 Crap May 15, 2009
Ljubo
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Just like Rambo II, but instead of heinous and retarded Vietnamese killed by the hundreds with no friendly losses, you've got heinous and retarded Arabs killed by the hundreds with no friendly losses.
Your usual FTP with cheats.
Thankfully, It wasn't my money in it.
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