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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 Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 27 Sep 2007

After outdoing himself in the opening sequence, director Peter Berg, who appears briefly as an FBI honcho, overdoes everything that follows…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 27 Sep 2007

The Kingdom wants to be both a hot-button, ripped-from-the-headlines statement movie and a crowd-pleasing, rip-roaring action thriller…

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By Jack Mathews (1,044) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 27 Sep 2007

Does it feel real? No. Is it fun? Yes. Will it win the war? Hey, I see light at the end of the tunnel…

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By Connie Ogle (690) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 27 Sep 2007

Though its violence is searing and brutal, the film shows a conscience and a brain, and if it explains things a bit simplistically at times,…

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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 Sid Smith (61) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 27 Sep 2007

The Kingdom has a heart and a viewpoint. It's a thrill ride with a lingering thought or two in its wake…

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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 Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 27 Sep 2007

From the opening sequence of suicide attackers, to the daringly prolonged ambush, chase and shoot out that closes the film, [director] Berg…

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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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