Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The Kingdom (2007) R - 3½ Stars,

A deliberate bombing takes place at a softball game in an American housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The terrorist wore Saudi police uniforms and killed over 100 innocent people and injured over 200 more. A special secret team of F.B.I. agents are assembled and sent in to investigate. The team is giving just five days to uncover evidence of those responsible for this act of terrorism.

Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) travel to Riyadh along with fellow F.B.I. special agents Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner), Grant Sykes (Chris Cooper), and Adam Leavitt (Jason Bateman). Their mission is to try to track down who ever is responsible for the bombing. The diplomats are dragging their feet and from the moment the team touches down, it appears they are not wanted there.

They're banned from doing any quality type of investigation as they are not allowed to touch anything or speak with anyone without police presence. Damon Schmidt (Jeremy Piven), from the state department basically gives them lip service arranges a meet between the Saudi Prince and the team. The Prince tries to show concern but there's a lot more going on then meets the eye.

After being given warnings, their safety is at risk, the team soon realizes now they are the targets. Missiles are targeted at their vehicle one of their team is taken hostage during the chaos. They must stay hot on the tail or the abductor if they are to ever see their friend alive again. A Saudi Arabian police officer Col. Faris Al Ghazi (Ashraf Barhoum), seems to be the only one they can trust. Now, it's a race against time to find the agent and get out of Riyadh alive.

Universal Pictures
Director: Peter Berg
Writers: Matthew Michael Carnahan, Matthew Carnahan
Producers: Scott Stuber, Tim Smythe, Michael Mann
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