Review of The Kingdom (2007) by Eduardo C — 27 Aug 2009

Mindless, offensive drivel masquerading as a political action film (do those even exist?). Our leads are (of course) 3 FBI agents who spend the duration of the film behaving as spoiled children with a sense of entitlement bordering on the inhuman and showing local authorities how it is REALLY done. They are tougher, smarter, cooler and just plain old better than any of the arabic characters eventually managing to resolve a delicate, complicated situation by shooting or stabbing everyone in the face/chest/neck.

The movie gets dellusions of grandeur and social relevance towards the end (after it has gone through every single one of its genre's staples and insulted most of its viewers) with a closing line that simply oozes smarm and self satisfaction. It would be laughable, considering everything else that happened, were it not so offensive.

I'm so tired of movies like this.