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Genre: Dramas, Terrorism, Thriller, Violence, FBI Agents, Terrorists
Director: Peter Berg
Cast/Crew: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven, Danny Huston
Description:
Actor, writer, and director Peter Berg (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS) delivers a fearless, action-packed political thriller with THE KINGDOM. Shot in the Middle East with unsettling immediacy, the hand-held cameras put viewers right inside the action, while the tension between American FBI agents and their Saudi counterparts maintains an interesting uncertainty about who’s "right" and who’s "wrong." The bad guys, however, are unmistakable: the film opens with a brutal terrorist attack on an oil company compound in Saudi Arabia, where a visiting FBI agent is killed. Back home in Washington, fellow agents Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx, RAY) and Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner, ALIAS), want revenge, and will do whatever it takes to gain access to the investigation. Fleury all but blackmails a Saudi prince to get clearance against the wishes of a timorous attorney general, and flies overnight to the scene of the crime. Accompanying him are the no-nonsense forensics expert Mayes, Southern-fried bomb authority Grant Sykes (Chris Cooper, ADAPTATION), and Jewish smart aleck Adam Leavitt (Jason Bateman, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT). Once there, they encounter the resistance of a Saudi government more interested in getting the Americans safely out of the country and avoiding conflict, rather than in solving the crime. They are assigned a smarmy handler with a weak stomach (Jeremy Piven, ENTOURAGE) to make sure they stay out of trouble. The team must navigate a maze of bureaucracy to begin collecting evidence, but they have an unlikely ally in their Saudi escort, Colonel Faris Al Ghazi (Ashraf Barhom, PARADISE NOW), a scrupulous and intelligent officer whom Fleury befriends. Soon enough, procedure and protocol give way to car chases and explosive fire fights, and the current bleak political climate of extremism and violence is portrayed in a stark light with no easy answers.
Release Notes:
DVD Features: Region 1 Snap Case Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - Peter Berg - Director Deleted Scenes Featurette - 1. CHARACTER BY CHARACTER: THE APARTMENT SHOOTOUT 2. CONSTRUCTING THE FREEWAY SEQUENCE 3. CREATING THE KINGDOM Interactive Features: HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM: AN INTERACTIVE TIMELINE
ItemID: 1172733
UPC: 025195009690
Catalog Number: MCA 61101197
Rating: R (MPAA)
Rating Reason: for intense sequences of graphic brutal violence, and for language
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video
Format: DVD
In Print Date: 12/26/2007
Original Release Year: 2007
Country of Origin: USA
Language: English (English Subtitled, French Dubbed, French Subtitled, Spanish Dubbed, Spanish Subtitled)
Closed Caption: No
Extra Info: Full Frame
Runtime: 1Hr 50min
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