The Kingdom
(USA/Germany, 2007, 109 minutes)
After a terrorist attack on an American residential compound in Saudi Arabia, an FBI investigative team sent in against both government's wishes attempts to find out who did it with the help of a Saudi cop. Intriguing but not entirely successful attempt at fashioning a good-guys vs. bad-guys action thriller from the current headlines, more thoughtful than might be expected and impeccably handled.
Universal Pictures presents, in association with Relativity Media, a Forward Pass/Stuber-Parent production in association with MDBF Zweite Filmgesellschaft. Starring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven, Danny Huston, Richard Jenkins. Directed by Peter Berg; produced by Michael Mann, Scott Stuber; written by Matthew Michael Carnahan; music by Danny Elfman; director of photography (Technicolor, Panavision), Mauro Fiore; production designer, Tom Duffield; costume designer, Susan Matheson; film editors, Kevin Stitt, Colby Parker Jr.
After a terrorist attack on an American residential compound in Saudi Arabia, an FBI investigative team sent in against both government's wishes attempts to find out who did it with the help of a Saudi cop. Intriguing but not entirely successful attempt at fashioning a good-guys vs. bad-guys action thriller from the current headlines, more thoughtful than might be expected and impeccably handled.
Universal Pictures presents, in association with Relativity Media, a Forward Pass/Stuber-Parent production in association with MDBF Zweite Filmgesellschaft. Starring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven, Danny Huston, Richard Jenkins. Directed by Peter Berg; produced by Michael Mann, Scott Stuber; written by Matthew Michael Carnahan; music by Danny Elfman; director of photography (Technicolor, Panavision), Mauro Fiore; production designer, Tom Duffield; costume designer, Susan Matheson; film editors, Kevin Stitt, Colby Parker Jr.
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