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Movie review: The Kingdom *: 'The Kingdom:' Rambo goes to Riyadh.(Movie review)

Article from: Blade (Toledo, OH) Article date: September 28, 2007

Byline: Christopher Borrelli

Sep. 28--"America is not perfect," Jamie Foxx tells his Saudi chaperone in The Kingdom. "I'll be the first to say it. But listen: We are good at this." The kingdom within The Kingdom, which opens today, is Saudi Arabia, and for purposes of explaining the plot, Foxx means we're good at investigating crime scenes; in fact, the film paints Saudi police as so devoid of ordinary investigative skills compared with their FBI brethren, he could mean your average American sofa-strapped CSI addict ...

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