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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:20 pm
Post subject: "The Kingdom." Finally, some bad Arabs?
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Has Hollywood grown less chicken?
FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) has just received the
assignment of his career: assemble an elite team (Jennifer Garner,
Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman) to hunt down and capture the terrorist
mastermind responsible for a deadly attack on Americans working in
Saudi Arabia. The feds have only one week to infiltrate and cripple a
cell bent on jihad to western society.
No training could prepare Fleury and his team for the disorienting
culture shock they face once inside this scorching foreign land,
Byzantine maze of politicians, shop-front terrorists and
double-crossing businessmen who traffic in profiteering and exploit any
opportunity to grow ever richer, no matter the human cost. Bound by
handlers who refuse to play ball with the US, the agents quickly find
the local law enforcement more hindrance than help and soon grow
uncertain of anybody's allegiance.
But when a sympathetic Saudi police captain helps them navigate Riyadh
politics and investigate the true cause of the attack, Fleury finds an
unexpected comrade-in-arms. |
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:47 am
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The Audacity of Ice wrote:
> "RichA" <rander3127.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1166934021.557989.62680@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> > Has Hollywood grown less chicken?
> >
> > FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) has just received the
> > assignment of his career: assemble an elite team (Jennifer Garner,
> > Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman) to hunt down and capture the terrorist
> > mastermind responsible for a deadly attack on Americans working in
> > Saudi Arabia. The feds have only one week to infiltrate and cripple a
> > cell bent on jihad to western society.
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> Thanks RickA. I'd never heard of this movie before. The casting of Jason
> Bateman has got me interested though; I became a fan of his after Arrested
> Development.
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> http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/thekingdom.html
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> Not sure I cared for the trailer much.
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Bateman's great but Friday Night Lights wasn't enough to make me forget
that Peter Berg was the mastermind behind Very Bad Things. |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:15 am
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Does anybody want to bet that the bad guys in this movie turn out to be
the US Government/Military, who are manipulating the poor, innocent
Islamofascists into making their attack so our Military-Industrial
Complex can make lots of money by going to war and exploting and
murdering these fine, upstanding people who harbor absolutely no ill
will against the evil Americans. >> Stay informed about: "The Kingdom." Finally, some bad Arabs? |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:54 am
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"RichA" <rander3127.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1166934021.557989.62680@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> Has Hollywood grown less chicken?
>
> FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) has just received the
> assignment of his career: assemble an elite team (Jennifer Garner,
> Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman) to hunt down and capture the terrorist
> mastermind responsible for a deadly attack on Americans working in
> Saudi Arabia. The feds have only one week to infiltrate and cripple a
> cell bent on jihad to western society.
Thanks RickA. I'd never heard of this movie before. The casting of Jason
Bateman has got me interested though; I became a fan of his after Arrested
Development.
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/thekingdom.html
Not sure I cared for the trailer much.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:47 am
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RichA wrote:
> But when a sympathetic Saudi police captain helps them navigate Riyadh
> politics and investigate the true cause of the attack, Fleury finds an
> unexpected comrade-in-arms.
Ok this is where I call bullshit. All Saudi Arabs are scum until proven
otherwise. >> Stay informed about: "The Kingdom." Finally, some bad Arabs? |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:08 am
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RichA wrote:
> Has Hollywood grown less chicken?
>
> FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) has just received the
> assignment of his career: assemble an elite team (Jennifer Garner,
> Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman) to hunt down and capture the terrorist
> mastermind responsible for a deadly attack on Americans working in
> Saudi Arabia. The feds have only one week to infiltrate and cripple a
> cell bent on jihad to western society.
This is the most unlikely part, that the US security services have the
capability to "infiltrate" an Arab group. >> Stay informed about: "The Kingdom." Finally, some bad Arabs? |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:52 am
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Michael O'Connor wrote:
> Does anybody want to bet that the bad guys in this movie turn out to be
> the US Government/Military, who are manipulating the poor, innocent
> Islamofascists into making their attack so our Military-Industrial
> Complex can make lots of money by going to war and exploting and
> murdering these fine, upstanding people who harbor absolutely no ill
> will against the evil Americans.
It wouldn't surprise me. Who'd have thought that the only realistic
portrayals of Arabs would come from a TV show (Sleeper Cell).
Hollywood would like us to believe they are trying to foster the spirit
of brotherhood by not portraying any Arabs as terrorists but there is
no love lost between the people who run Hollywood and the Arabs. It
all comes down to the fact the Hollywood cabal is just plain scared.
Which is why all villains are either wealthy WASPs or fantasies like a
Spiderman nemesis. >> Stay informed about: "The Kingdom." Finally, some bad Arabs? |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:23 am
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Michael O'Connor wrote:
> Does anybody want to bet that the bad guys in this movie turn out to be
> the US Government/Military, who are manipulating the poor, innocent
> Islamofascists into making their attack so our Military-Industrial
> Complex can make lots of money by going to war and exploting and
> murdering these fine, upstanding people who harbor absolutely no ill
> will against the evil Americans.
Yeah, I know what you mean. Because the truth is, the Arabs hate us
because of all of our freedoms. And they're jealous, too, of our rich
movie stars.
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