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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 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 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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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 26 Sep 2007

I left the theater completely uncertain about what the filmmakers intended to say about the orgiastic bloodshed they showed me…

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By Boo Allen (301) for Denton Record-Chronicle (383) on 26 Sep 2007

Noisy and empty-headed, but flashy enough to remain entertaining…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 26 Sep 2007

Quickly degenerates from a serious topical tale about twenty-first century terrorism into a jingoistic gung-ho shoot-'em-up…

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By Josh Larsen (2,042) for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (630) on 26 Sep 2007

the movie's ending shoves any rah-rahs right back into your throat…

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By John Thomason (91) for Orlando Weekly (1,048) on 26 Sep 2007

The Kingdom doesn't think much of its audience; it's one of those movies that shows flashbacks of things that happened 30 minutes earlier,…

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By Jan Stuart (404) for Newsday (2,345) on 26 Sep 2007

Screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan wants us to know that there are good Arabs and bad Arabs, but he panders to our basest 9/11 anxieties…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 25 Sep 2007

Basically a Rambo retread outfitted with a thin veneer of topical import…

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By Sean Mcbride (367) for Sean the Movie Guy (367) on 25 Sep 2007

One of those films that tries to be a little bit of everything, and for the most part succeeds, even if audiences may not be able to survive…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for Associated Press (1,685) on 25 Sep 2007

Shot in the 115-degree heat of Arizona and on location in Abu Dhabi, it has a visual intensity and intimacy reminiscent of Michael Mann…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 25 Sep 2007

What begins as a specifically grounded political thriller quickly escalates into a formulaically macho actioner about American know-how that…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 25 Sep 2007

Adventurism in realpolitik becomes secondary to dramatic content, and the story winds up as a realized commercial prospect…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 25 Sep 2007

Hello seasickness! Incapable of holding a camera steady, the filmmakers are certain to keep audiences dizzy…

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