Jennifer Garner Movie:

		List Price: $26.98		Label: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Salesrank: 5391 Released: December 23, 2007
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		MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Media: HD DVD

Editorial Review:
"A High-Octane Action Movie." -A. O. Scott The New York TimesOscar® winners Jamie Foxx (Collateral) and Chris Cooper (Breach) and Golden Globe® winners Jennifer Garner (Daredevil) and Jason Bateman (Smokin' Aces) ignite the screen in this high-intensity thriller about a team of elite FBI agents sent to Saudi Arabia to solve a brutal mass murder and find a killer before he strikes again. Out of their element and under heavy fire the team must join forces with their Saudi counterparts. As these unlikely allies begin to unlock the secrets of the crime scene the team is led into a heart-stopping do-or-die confrontation.System Requirements:Running Time: 110 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/TERRORISM Rating: R UPC: 025193266521 Manufacturer No: 61032665

Description of The Kingdom (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]:
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

The Kingdom (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD] Reviews:
ripped from the headlines
2008-07-05 - 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.

Honest Review From an ARAMCO Brat
2008-07-04 - 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.

Intense...
2008-06-28 - 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.

The Kingdom
2008-05-30 - This movie was excellent, and kept me on the edge of my seat. Jamie Foxx continues to impress me in the versatile roles that he can play. I would highly recommend this movie.

Action, Investigation and Terrorism
2008-05-19 - Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Garner are FBI agents and their friend was murdered in a terrorist attack against a US compound in Saudi.

The investigation, culture shock, action scenes are great and the suspense holds strongly until the very end !