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The Kingdom (2007) [HD DVD] | ![The Kingdom (2007) [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ri7AAPLnL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Peter Berg
Actors: Maryellen Aviano, Jason Bateman, Kyle Chandler, Chris Cooper, Frances Fisher
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 54.95
Buy New: CDN$ 8.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 35951
Format: Ac-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Media: HD DVD
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.5
MPN: MCAHD61032665
UPC: 025193266521
EAN: 0025193266521
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: December 21, 2007
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Double-sided combo disc. Will work in standard DVD players and HD DVD players.Shipped from Canada.
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 Toujours et encore la guerre... un jour l'homme comprendra t'il ? January 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
L'homme un jour a découvert le pétrole est par la suite est devenue fou... l'argent a monté à la tête des gens qui ont le pouvoir, plutôt le contrôle sur le pétrole... il y a 60 ans on se battait pour le pétrole... de nos jours encore c'est la même guerre...
Aujourd'hui on dit que c'est pour la démocratie, pour un dieu ou une autre connerie du genre... excusé moi si je n'y crois pas une seconde... cela doit faire parti de mon éducation qui m'a permis de réfléchir par moi même et non d'être endoctriné par ce que l'on veut bien me faire croire qu'est la vérité... Qu'importe le nom que l'on donne a une guerre ou sa raison, cela reste qu'il y a toujours des "dommages collatéraux" un bon terme "politcy correct" pour dire qu'il y a et aura toujours des innocents tuer par la folie de certains...
Pourquoi ce battre pour un dieu, les dieux qu'elles qu'ils soient non pas tous dit que la vie est la chose la plus cher en ce bas monde ? Pourquoi se battre pour du pétrole, en avons nous tellement besoin au point de devoir tuer pour l'avoir ? On a toujours appeler le pétrole "l'or noir" je crois plus qu'il est rouge quant à moi à force de voir couler le sang en son nom...
Ce film retrace par bien des façon ce que je viens de vous dire et la folie que cela implique... demandez moi pas de comprendre ce qui est incompréhensible à mes yeux, cela m'est impossible, je suis un homme qui prône la liberté d'expression, le respect de son prochain et chérie trop la vie pour comprendre de tels comportements...
Un jour peut-être... qui sait ? L'homme réussira à vivre en harmonie avec ses semblables, avec ceux des autres origines, ne venons nous pas tous de la même ligné après tout ? Ne sommes nous pas sur cette terre pour vivre et laisser vivre ? Je crois que l'homme est un être bien compliqué quand on commence à étudier son histoire... dire que l'on peut en venir à haïr un peuple à cause que ce que certains on fait est un pas facile à franchir... mais en ce début d'année je ne peut que souhaiter la paix sur cette terre, la paix dans le coeur de tout les hommes et femmes qui y vivent et surtout dans leur âme... si nul ne peut juger son prochain, l'homme sage sait ce juger lui même et reconnaitre si ce qu'il fait est bien ou mal...
The Kingdom is the best action film of 2007 January 7, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Kingdom begins with a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabi at a company picnic and the race is on to stop the terrorists from launching another attack. The action is fast and furious from beginnig to end.
The Kingdom is an amazing film. One of the best action movies of 2007.
 Politics and police procedure take a back seat to a great action sequences December 27, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
By the time I was coming to terms with the politics of "The Kingdom," director Peter Berg launches into one of the biggest and best action sequences of 2007, which becomes the primary reason to see the film. A quick primer in the history of Saudi Arabia in the past century is provided during the opening credits before shifting to a community of foreign oil workers and their families living in Riyadh that is hit by a two-fold terrorist attack. FBI agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) wants to get his forensic team on site to investigate, but the Saudis insist on handling things themselves. That situation changes (otherwise this is a totally different movie), and he heads there with pathologist Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner), explosives expert Grant Sykes (Chris Cooper), and computer geek Adam Leavitt (Jason Bateman). But once in Riyadh they find themselves being babysat by Colonel Al-Ghazi (Ashraf Barhom), whose primary goal is not to actually assist the Americans in their investigation but rather to make sure they are not killed during the five days they are allowed to be in the Kingdom. At least that is the line Al-Ghazi is spouting at the start of the film..
The hook for this movie is pretty good, with the terrorist attack and the need for vengeance. But then most of this movie is about investigating the bombing, although to be more specific it would be trying to investigate the bombing since the FBI agents are put under such strictures by the Saudi police that they might as well go back home and check things out using a spy satellite. However, the last act of "The Kingdom" is what justifies this movie, because there is a another terrorist attack and the quartet of Americans are right in the middle of it. As a director Berg uses the documentary style that worked so well in "Friday Night Lights," although for most of the film it seems an unnecessary approach. Then we get to the big action sequences and discover Berg is totally in his element at this point. The cast is certainly a unique combination of talent, and the strangest part is not Jason Bateman playing it straight, but watching Jennifer Garner fight and having to remind yourself that she is not Sidney Bristow (or Elektra) and to stop expecting her to dispatch people with dispatch.
Saudi Arabia is one of America's strongest allies in the Middle East, but this film makes it clear that if the country was not parked over all that oil we would want nothing to do with them. The overly didactic ending echoes the infamous declaration associated with the "Pogo" comic strip, "We have met the enemy and they is us," but I suspect the point is more about the ultimate limits of taking an eye for an eye. Clearly there is some warning implicit in the resolution of this film, but how that translates into foreign policy or political support for any particular candidate is too difficult a job of connecting the dots to figure out. Part of me is interested in seeing a movie like that which is just about trying to investigate a crime in a strange land under such strange circumstances, but I suspect it would be hard to come up with a better ending than the pedal to the metal action sequence that brings the extant version home.
They'll never miss the water `til the wells run dry December 20, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Background:
Once upon a time, the government of Saudi Arabia granted permission for an American company to dig some exploratory holes around the country. As luck would have it, instead of water they found oil, and lots of it, and so began the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco.) This discovery and the resulting agreements for profit sharing gave the Saudi monarchy the wherewithal to purchase yachts with gold toilets and other such necessities, but also brought about the hatred of certain fundamentalists.
Short Attention Span Summary (SASS):
1. Terrorists attack the residential compound of an American oil company, killing many innocent people
2. FBI team of Jamie Foxx (team leader), Jennifer Garner (forensics), Chris Cooper (demolitions) and Jason Bateman (intel analyst) have five days to find out whodunit
3. Middle of movie takes a while to get around to the point, establish relationships, sort through debris, find clues and create a speaking role for Jeremy Piven.
4. Ending rocks
Conclusion:
1. Somewhat political, but not overly so
2. Somewhat religious, but not overly so
3. Extremely moving at times, with characters from both sides freely showing their emotions
4. Well acted in most cases
5. Great beginning and end, but a little too much left in the middle
6. Recommended for those who like well-acted action movies with a political/religious slant and not much of a plot
Amanda Richards
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