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

A slick, brutishly effective genre movie: Syriana for dummies…

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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 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 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 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 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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