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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 John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Sep 2007

Berg tries to appeal to the post-9/11 action fan who wants to cheer a vengeful us-vs.-them bloodbath while also furrowing his brow over the…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 27 Sep 2007

The Kingdom may be the most potent counter-programming of the year, even though it has no patience with such sissy-pants concerns…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) 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 Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 27 Sep 2007

Sinks into a jingoistic action film cliché…

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By Dezhda Gaubert (73) for E! Online (838) on 27 Sep 2007

Breathless action sequences are balanced with a sensitive interpretation of the political and cultural gray areas of (Mid)East-West relations…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 27 Sep 2007

From a literally explosive beginning to its high-octane end, The Kingdom is rocking-good mainstream moviemaking: painfully topical, edge-of-the-seat…

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By Terry Lawson (645) for Detroit Free Press (942) on 27 Sep 2007

A lot of satisfying, entertaining action pictures have only an artificial brain to power the machinery…

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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 J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 27 Sep 2007

At its core this is just another piece of big-studio nothingness…

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By Wade Major (240) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 27 Sep 2007

Director Peter Berg has come a long way since his days as an unremarkable character actor, and this follow-up to Friday Night Lights confirms it…

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By Nick Rogers (786) for State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (137) on 27 Sep 2007

Even in clearly diluted form, the film wrestles - or at least grapples and slaps - with questions and interpretations of the Middle East…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 27 Sep 2007

The Kingdom uses explosive current events as the starting point for a fictional film that strains to stir emotions, seemingly instill tolerance…

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By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 27 Sep 2007

The most disquieting concept of such a search-and-destroy terrorist mission is much like what happens with the mythical Hydra creature: when…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for MTV (492) on 27 Sep 2007

Even Jamie Foxx can't redeem a standard action flick with simple-minded political pretensions…

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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 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 Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 26 Sep 2007

[A] stripped-down, no-nonsense reality alarm about cycles of hate and violence that we must be fully cognizant of if we're ever to break them…

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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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