The Kingdom

[vy2005]

Just got through watching this movie and it was really good. Didn't hear much from it when it was in the theatres but a definate thumbs up for anyone lucking to check out a good rental this weekend. Good acting by Foxx and Cooper.

 

[Handler XIII]

I watched it last night - I liked it as well.

 

[rhg84]

i thought it was alright. I felt like they tried to squeez too much story line into a short period of time

 

[3_yard-out]

Not too shabby at all.

 

[NatChampUT]

loved it, bought it the day it came out

 

[wild_turkey]

I thought it was pretty sweet. I played CoD4 afterwards and felt like I had more to fight for.

 

[unpaintedhuffhines]

this movie, at the end of the day, really sucked

I did in fact enjoy it for what it was, hollywood scripted bs, but I'm sorry, the storyline became so unbelievable that it lost me

Michael Bluth was funny though

 

[rage-a-holic]

great movie, stupid last scene

 

[Joe Fan]

Saw it, liked it. Especially Jennifer Garner's pivotal moment in that last 1/2 hour, which actually lived up to the ad claims -- for once.

On the political front, apparently the director was disappointed that US audiences didnt buy the moral equivalence message.

And --FWIW -- from the fact check perspective, in real life, the Saudis did not allow the FBI in to investigate or even look at the crime scene after the Khobar Towers bombing. Its also probably close to impossible that the Jewish member of the FBI team with Israeli visa stamps on his passport would have ever been allowed in the country. Nor would they have allowed Garner to run around in a tight t-shirt and uncovered head while brandishing a weapon.

But this is Hollywood, and the last 1/2 of the film is a very good heart-thumping action sequence regardless.

 

[RollingwoodHorn]

It'd definitely not boring, that's for damn sure.

 

[Orangesweat]

I give it two horns up.

 

[hornian]

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[wild_turkey]

I think he meant the last scene where Jamie Foxx and that Saudi girl were both talking about "killing them all". I thought that was kinda dumb too, but the rest of the movie was entertaining.

 

[rage-a-holic]

Yeah, I didn't like the "See, we're just like them" statement the screenwriter was trying to make.

 

[Bevoette]

I like it. I kind of figured someone would die and picked the correct one.

 

[hornian]

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[DigglerontheHoof]

Weird, my wife and I watched this last night for the first time and I have to agree w/ Bash...completely unbelievable, predictable and dumb.

Jason Bateman's character was a beating and although I usually like Jeremy Piven, his character was pathetic, as well.

 

[XYZ]

More formulaic Hollywood crap. The Writers Guild should be on a permanent strike to stop dumb movies like this from happening.