With a set-up revolving around the devastating bombing of an American facility in Saudi Arabia, The Kingdom undoubtedly has currency. Jamie Foxx stars as Ronald Fleury, the leader of an American team of counter-terrorism experts whose attempt to pursue a secret investigation is hampered by the Saudi authorities. After a promising start, the film soon settles down into the routine clichés of a Hollywood action movie - there are few attempts here to address the complexity of the situation in the Middle East. If you can overlook the crassness of the screenplay, Peter Berg's high-energy direction does deliver some genuinely exciting sequences, and he's well served by a cast that also includes Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper and Jason Bateman.

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