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This week, we’re watching The Kingdom.

What I Liked: Chilling, exhilerating and moving, “The Kingdom” delivers a gripping picture of hatred and its potential horrors. FBI investigators, led by Jamie Fox, attempt to find the mastermind of a terrorist attack at an American compound in Saudi Arabia. This is a hard film to label. While action-packed, it also serves as stirring drama - a hard look into the nature of human beings.

All the acting is strong from a cast which includes Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman. The stand out performance, however, comes from Ashraf Barhom, who plays the Saudi colonel in charge of overseeing the investigators actions while in his country.

The brutally-honest script by Matthew Michael Carnahan rolls forward fluidly. Director Peter Berg guides you with tight shots and elegant transistion which capture the tense nature of this Middle East country.

What I Disliked: There wasn’t anything I didn’t like about this film. That said, there are some truly horrifying and intense scenes in this film which may be disturbing to some viewers.

Would I Recommend?: I have to recommend this film. It could be described as “Crash” but with a more direct approach to action sequences. I can’t remember a recent movie which drove the audience members to openly cheer during its climax but left them walking out in a eerie meditative silence. That is quite an accomplishment.

Score: 9 out of 10

- Don Smith

What I Liked: Interesting story with intriguing contrast and clash of cultures, between the Saudi and the Americans; that mirrors the current struggles in the Middle East.

What I Disliked: Camera technique contained too much of the hand held shaky approach, could be used sparingly.

Would I Recommend?: No; only for the gung ho, paramilitary type and political junky.

Score: 5 out of 10

- Michael Ritenour

What I Liked: Direction of the film by Peter Berg was incredible. Raw and uncensored. As long as the movie was, the script did feel a little fast forwarded at times, but made up for with realistic character interactions between the Americans and Saudis. Foxx, Garner, and Bateman fair well as does Chris Cooper, but Ashraf Barhom who plays the chief of Saudi state police pulls out ahead with an incredible performance.

What I Disliked: Although, if you’ve seen the last two Bourne films, the camera movements are identical. Prepare to feel nauseous.

Would I Recommend?: The true-to-life feel of the film made it difficult to watch at times, but who can discourage pluralism at work?

Score: 9 out of 10

- Nizar Babul