A team of U.S. government agents are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.A team of U.S. government agents are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.A team of U.S. government agents are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
- Kevin Fleury
- (as T.J. Burnett)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen director Peter Berg was trying to get Marcus Luttrell to assist with the making of the movie Lone Survivor, Berg told Luttrell to watch his movie The Kingdom, and if he didn't like it, Berg said he would not bother Luttrell again.
- GoofsIn the intro sequence, the film says that oil was discovered in 1933 by accident and that the ARAMCO was founded as the first union between Saudi Arabia and the United States in 1938. In reality, the dates are switched. The company was founded by Chevron in 1933 and the same company later discovered oil in 1938.
- Quotes
Attorney General Gideon Young: I'm gonna bury you.
FBI Director James Grace: You know, Westmoreland made all of us officers write our own obituaries during Tet, when we thought The Cong were gonna end it all right there. And, once we clued into the fact that life is finite, the thought of losing it didn't scare us anymore. The end comes no matter what, the only thing that matters is how do you wanna go out, on your feet or on your knees? I bring that lesson to this job. I act, knowing that someday this job will end, no matter what. You should do the same.
- ConnectionsFeatured in HBO First Look: The Kingdom (2007)
- SoundtracksStay (Wasting Time)
Written by Dave Matthews (as David J. Matthews), Stefan Lessard, LeRoi Moore
Performed by Dave Matthews Band
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label
By Arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment
This falls into the former category. And all of his stuff is extremely formulaic, 1. Big event, inciting incident 2. Bad guys, bad bad guys, so bad, little to no motive, just bad guys 3. Enter Good guys, world class skill set, no motives except being good and "protecting the innocent" 4. Words, dialogue, argument, words and more words 5. Super high budget shootout scene(s) 6. Hoards of bad guys die, then the main bad guy dies, as well as at least 1 good guy 7. Cue the feelgood music 8. Roll credits with the obligatory "this is dedicated to someone in Peter's life" message
No arcs, plot takes a back seat to high budget yet still shlocky action.
The Kingdom wanted to be a good movie, but it got Peter Berg. Pure A to B+ list cast should have pushed this over the edge, but it had Peter Berg at the helm.
I like him ok as an actor from the 90s, its nothing personal, I just don't think he's ever made a good movie. Lone survivor included. I have to give this a 6 because I, in good faith, can not put it on the same level as many films to which I give 7's.
- jerrymason-34530
- Apr 13, 2021
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Giữa Sa Mạc Lửa
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $47,536,778
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,135,055
- Sep 30, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $87,019,158
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1