The trailer says that the last 30 minutes of this movie will blow you away, but it's within the first 30 minutes that your outlook on terrorism and war will change forever.
What Saving Private Ryan does to create the sense of realism in World War II is exactly what The Kingdom does for the emotion, reality, and brutality of international terrorist attacks in the Middle East. The action and emotion of this film capture the same harrowing nature of storming the beachhead of Normandy.
Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx takes charge as FBI special Agent Ronald Fleury in this harrowing action drama. Four FBI agents, played by Jennifer Garner (Alias, Daredevil), Chris Cooper (The Bourne Identity, American Beauty), and Jason Bateman (Arrested Development), are sent into Saudi Arabia to hunt down a major player in the country's deadly terrorist network, which is suspected of bombing a recent government target. After a crippling attack within the kingdom's borders, these special agents must fly into hostile grounds where they are quickly made to feel less than welcome.
From there, the audience will be in awe of these groundbreaking action sequences and the sharp wit of these unique characters. For those who think this is your standard Jamie Foxx action movie - has high expectations but barely rises to the occasion - in this film Foxx establishes himself as a higher echelon actor in one of the most gritty movies since Black Hawk Down.
In fact, in this fully loaded cinematic experience, one will experience a fast-paced, all-natural adrenaline rush as director Peter Berg will have you thinking that your very own life is on the line. Those with a heart condition may not want to tag along.
This movie will take the audience places that most motion pictures fear to tread, as it explores the unspoken acts of war such as torture, child combatants, and even more heinous atrocities. It explores the very nature of the human soul while simultaneously studying the major and minor cultural boundaries of the Middle East and the West. At times you feel the same resentment that the agents feel; then, just a few scenes later, there is a sympathetic connection to be made with the Saudis and their culture.
At the end of this film, there is the immediate impression for the possibility of Oscar accolades including best picture and director, and why not? Scorsese and DiCaprio have yet to release their 75th collaborative work, and if they don't make one soon, they will not make the Oscar cut for 2007.
The cast is solid, the action is top-notch, and the twists of this story will never allow you to know what will come next. If you are tired of mistiming your snipes and melee strikes in Halo 3, this is the perfect movie in which to reenter society.
It will leave no audience disappointed and it lives up to all the hype. A
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