http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/28/THE-KINGDOM-Its-THE-BOURNE-ULTIMATUM-In-Sheiks-Clothing.aspx It is as viscerally exciting as the spy thriller with the added bonus of ripped-from-the headlines veracity.  Director Peter Berg has done a remarkable job filming a series of action sequences and explosions; the process was made all the more difficult because it was shot in desert heat, in America’s southwest and the United Arab Emirates. Special kudos are also due Jamie Foxx, who plays FBI agent Ronald Fleury and once again reveals his remarkable range.  It seems Foxx has come out of no where to become one of the country’s pre-eminent actors. THE KINGDOM, of course, is Saudi Arabia, where a group of fundamentalists evade security, get into an American oil company compound and in a well thought out series of attacks and bombings kill over 100 American men, women and children, and wounding more than twice that.    On the one hand, this is a story about pig-headed, stupid politicos.  The FBI is charged with investigating the homicides of Americans on foreign soil.  Fleury is especially anxious to get involved in this case because a close friend and fellow agent was killed in the terror attack.  But of course our government won’t allow that – we don’t want to risk offending the Saudis, do we – and the Saudi military and police ranks are filled with incompetents concerned only with protecting their turf. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/28/THE-KINGDOM-Its-THE-BOURNE-ULTIMATUM-In-Sheiks-Clothing.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/28/THE-KINGDOM-Its-THE-BOURNE-ULTIMATUM-In-Sheiks-Clothing.aspx#1547 if you like great action movies. this is the one to watch. keep them coming. WAVELYN http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/28/THE-KINGDOM-Its-THE-BOURNE-ULTIMATUM-In-Sheiks-Clothing.aspx#1547 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:23:28 GMT