The Kingdom

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	Jamie Foxx	Ronald Fleury
	Chris Cooper	Grant Sykes
	Jennifer Garner	Janet Mayes
	Jason Bateman	Adam Leavitt
	Ashraf Barhom	Colonel Faris Al Ghazi
	Ali Suliman	Sergeant Haytham
	Jeremy Piven	Damon Schmidt
	Richard Jenkins	Robert Grace
	Tim McGraw	Aaron Jackson
	Kyle Chandler	Francis Manner
	Frances Fisher	Elaine Flowers
	Danny Huston	Gideon Young
	Kelly AuCoin	Ellis Leach
	Anna Deavere Smith	Maricella Canavesio
	Minka Kelly	Miss Ross
	Amy Hunter	Lyla Fleury
	Tj Burnett	Kevin Fleury
	Omar Berdouni	Prince Ahmed Bin Khaled
	Raad Rawi	Prince Thamer
	Mahmoud Said	General Al Abdulmalik
	Hezi Saddik	Abu Hamza
	Uri Gavriel	Izz Al Din
	Nick Faltas	Haytham's Father
	Ahmed B. Badran	35-Year-Old Son
	Elie Khoury	15-Year-Old Grandson

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Director	Peter Berg
Writer	Matthew Michael Carnahan
Producer	Sarah Aubrey, John Cameron, K.C. Hodenfield, Ryan Kavanaugh, Michael Mann, Mary Parent, Steven P. Saeta, Tim Smythe, Scott Stuber, Maria Williams
Musician	Danny Elfman
Photography	Mauro Fiore

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My quick rating - 7.2/10. This one sounds familiar, and if it is the one I am thinking of, I know it is good stuff. Yes, this definitely was the flick I was thinking of. The film does a great job of giving solid action that is choreographed very well, along with laying down a political commentary to back it up. The cast was solid top to bottom, with no single person standing out, so why not name the main players? The movie begins with an attack on a foreign compound in Riyadh, where over a hundred people are killed along with Francis Manner (Kyle Chandler), the FBI's head Saudi Arabia Agent. Special agent Fleury (Jamie Foxx) takes the law into his own hands and leads a team of agents to investigate the attack. With team mates Adam Leavitt (Jason Bateman), Janet Mayes (Jennifer Garner), and Grant Sykes (Chris Cooper) with him, he hopes to discover who is responsible. They eventually gain the trust of a Saudi Police officer, Al Ghazi (Ashraf Barhom), whom they work with to find the enemy. The group gets into a serious skirmish that leads to some roadblocks (no spoilers). They return home emotionally distraught. The relationship formed between Barhom and Foxx plays out believably on screen, showing initial turmoil that leads to mutual respect. Even though you are fully aware this is a movie, at times it still feels like a documentary due to the incredible location filming, along with the camera work conveying the situations. I believe this one went way under-appreciated upon release for some reason, which I am not sure why, since it truly is a captivating flick. It keeps the conflict looking very real and violent as it needs to be. Maybe the realism in that violence is what caused it not to be well-received. I am not sure. Either way, if interested in these types of flix, this one is a must-see.

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