The Kingdom

Also known as Kingdom

2007 film directed by Peter Berg

Film · TMDB

6.7

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Released: 2007-08-22110 minDir: Peter BergThriller, Action, DramaBudget: $70.0MBox office: $86.7M

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Cast

Jamie Foxx as Ronald Fleury
Jennifer Garner as Janet Mayes
Chris Cooper as Grant Sykes
Jason Bateman as Adam Leavitt
Ali Suliman as Sergeant Haytham
Jeremy Piven as Damon Schmidt

Themes

assassin

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Article

The Kingdom is a 2007 action thriller film directed by Peter Berg and starring Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, and Jennifer Garner. The film is set in Saudi Arabia, and centers on FBI Special Agent Fleury and his team to search for the ones responsible for the attack on an oil company housing compound. The plot is based on the 1996 Khobar Towers housing complex bombing, the 2004 Khobar massacre, and the 2003 Riyadh compound bombings.

First premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, it was theatrically released in the United States on September 28, 2007. The film triggered controversy in some Middle Eastern nations, received mixed critical reviews and had a disappointing box office performance.