lester-mathematician The dumbed down version of Syriana with shoot outs explosions and one liners.

blumdeluxe "The kingdom" is one of those movies that fly a bit under the radar. While providing an illustrious cast, it never really reached the popularity of other comparable films.There are several aspects why this, in my opinion, is a mistake. First of all, it is a more than solid action movie. It is nicely made, holds the suspense high, while trying to add some politics and philosophy. Most of the actors play superb, including an astonishing performance given by Jamie Foxx. Secondly it avoids painting black and white, although at some points it is not far away.As usual, there are also some things I disliked. One is that again we have kind of an American team of superheroes, that just magically seems to survive and win every battle against dozens of villains in battle sequences that were a bit too long for my taste. The other is the character of the American ambassador, that just seemed a bit more like out of a comedy, a sector that is in general not a big strength of this movie, whenever it tries to be funny it gets questionable.What convinced me at the end was indeed the message. Killing people, no matter how inevitable it may seem, always produces hate. You can't eliminate terrorists without setting root to the next generation of war because you eliminate relatives, neighbors, friends, at the same time. I don't have a solution for this. But it makes you think. And that's always good for a movie.

851222 Greetings from Lithuania."The Kingdom" (2007) is by far the best movie Peter Berg has ever made, and i saw all of them. This was definitely one of the best movies of 2007, saw it like 4-5 times now. Its pacing is incredible - the movie opening titles are worth the admission and the opening itself, but we are just getting worm there.Basically "The Kingdom" is a procedural movie with some incredible action scenes in between, as well as ideas about today's war with terrorism and as one of the character puts it - "it will never end, w'll kill them all". The sound design of this movie is incredible and while some of the scenes might play as a bit to cheese, they always have what to show beyond it.Overall, "The Kingdom" is definitely and excellent action thriller set in a very relevant place. Acting is superb by all involved, craftsmanship of the movie is first rate and its just a hell of a ride from start till finish. Great movie.

Abu abed As a Saudi man who has lived in the country for more than 20 years, I have to say, this has got to be the most inaccurate movie in the History of cinema. But I won't deny I had fun watching it haha :) This movie is so funny I spent the whole evening on the floor laughing with my friends. No wonder Saudi's image is distorted in the West, it's because they get their information about different cultures from prejudiced sourced like this. How can something as diverse and ancient as the culture of Saudi Arabia be narrowed down into one word "terrorism" is beyond my comprehension. I don't want to get too political with my review, but I'll just point out one thing: Saudi Arabia is 100 times safer then the safest US state, I know because I have lived in both countries. The scene where the guy goes to Suwaidi district and faces a bazooka was painfully stupid, in reality you may face a generous Saudi Bedouin who will greet you to come into his house and serve you some dates, qahwa (Arabic coffee), and might even prepare a feast for you even if he doesn't know who you are. This is the true Saudi Arabia that's not shown in movies or elsewhere. There was also another scene that really bothered me when the Col. Al Ghazi offered the woman to sleep in the bathroom, WOW really? Saudis are probably the most fanatic people in the world when it comes to respecting women and respecting families,nothing comes CLOSE to the amount of reverence and protection of the family bond than it is in Saudi Arabia. Remember that the middle east is the region where the whole concept of family and marriage formed way back thousands of years ago. Even the word "hormah" in Arabic that is used referring to women is derived from the Arabic word "Ihtiram" which literally means respect. I'm pretty sure all of this is a big shock to the West who've been told all along that Arabia is a land where women are 'mistreated' and 'opressed', not knowing that the hijab has been around in Arabia even before Islam. In any case, our country isn't perfect and we do face some challenges and a form of clash between our values and modern requisites due to the oil boom. But it will not help the Saudi people or humanity as a whole by misinforming people day and night about different cultures and spreading fear, hate and Xenophobia. Something a movie like "The Kingdom" does pretty well.