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By Michelle Orange (458) for Reeler (63) on 27 Sep 2007

A kill-'em-all action flick that attempts to elevate itself with clumsy, rock 'n roll politics, dropping actual names and articles of political…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 27 Sep 2007

The result is a slick, brutishly effective genre movie: “Syriana” for dummies. Which is not entirely a put-down…

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By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 27 Sep 2007

Handheld camera work and jumpy editing render The Kingdom unsteady throughout…

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By Pam Grady (384) for Reel.com (1,232) on 27 Sep 2007

It is evident that Berg may someday make a truly great movie. The simplistic, jingoistic The Kingdom is not it…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 27 Sep 2007

From a moviemaking point of view, The Kingdom is close to flawless, a model of bluntly efficient story-telling…

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By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 27 Sep 2007

Any serious messages get drowned out with the noise from the big explosions…

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By Rob Humanick (476) for Projection Booth (270) on 27 Sep 2007

The Kingdom isn't evil - it's just stupid…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 27 Sep 2007

Peter Berg shows he's more than capable of making a tight, timely, multilayered political drama - at least for about 40 minutes…

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By Brent Simon (1,142) for FilmStew.com (638) on 27 Sep 2007

Sort of like going to an exotic restaurant and ordering the equivalent of spaghetti and meatballs; e.g., a wasted opportunity…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Maxim (189) on 26 Sep 2007

A riveting ticking time-bomb of a movie that really works. The last 30 minutes are so intense you won't be able to move…

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By Erik Childress (902) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 26 Sep 2007

The climactic showdown between the baddies who just can't let our heroes go without incident is a non-stop guns-a-blazing assault that Berg…

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By Rob Vaux (1,125) for Flipside Movie Emporium (617) on 26 Sep 2007

Convincing technical details gathered for the purpose of a good yarn with only the vaguest connection to the grown-up world…

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By Eugene Novikov (936) for Film Blather (908) on 26 Sep 2007

A surprisingly nuanced exploration of the sincere desire held by many in this country to make the US the good guy around the globe -- the white…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 26 Sep 2007

None of the three parts of this movie get a sufficient chance to breathe, grow, add some depth and complexity or grab our attention for more…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 26 Sep 2007

Although the actors are good, this is a director's movie. Berg keeps the interest and tension at a high level throughout…

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By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 26 Sep 2007

The Kingdom serves its purpose as a Hollywood action film, but there are numerous missed opportunities and faults that prevent it from reaching…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 26 Sep 2007

The Kingdom is distasteful in several obvious and irrefutable ways: For one thing, the idea of setting an action-thriller against terrorist…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for Metromix.com (1,085) on 26 Sep 2007

The pacing is just right, shifting deftly between procedural road blocks and high-energy action sequences that wouldn't be out of place in…

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By William Arnold (1,101) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 26 Sep 2007

Foxx is magnetic in the lead, and the subplot in which he bonds with his Saudi police liaison (Ashraf Barhom, giving the movie's best performance)…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 26 Sep 2007

As an exercise in eye-for-an-eye wish fulfillment, this laser-like focus on the bad guys is something of a relief, although, inevitably, a…

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