History Film / TheKingdom2007

* MeaningfulName: Both the first and the last of [[ColonelBadass Faris al-Ghazi's]] names mean warrior in some way, "Faris" meaning "knight" and "Ghazi" meaning a type holy warrior.

* DeadpanSnarker: Leavitt, especially when Sergeant Haytham pronounces his name with a French sounding accentuation in an argument.
-->'''Sgt. Haytham:'''[= LeVeit=]!
-->'''Leavitt:''' It's pronounced ''Leavitt'', not [=LeVeit=], I'm not a goddamn French-Canadian!

* CaliforniaDoubling: Large portions of the film set in Saudi Arabia, including the Al Rahmah Western Housing Compound, Saudi State Police station and the highway to King Khalid International Airport were actually filmed at both Arizona State University and in Mesa, Arizona.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Large portions of the film set in Saudi Arabia were actually filmed in Mesa, Arizona.

* CaliforniaDoubling:

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The film is based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khobar_Towers_bombing Khobar Towers bombing]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Khobar_massacre the 2004 Khobar massacre]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh_compound_bombings the Riyadh compound bombings]].

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The film is based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khobar_Towers_bombing Khobar Towers bombing]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Khobar_massacre the 2004 Khobar massacre]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh_compound_bombings the Riyadh compound bombings]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: FBI Director Robert Grace, who butts heads with the Attorney General and puts his job on the line in order to secure authorisation for the team to be deployed to Saudi Arabia.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The film is based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khobar_Towers_bombing Khobar Towers bombing]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Khobar_massacre the 2004 Khobar massacre]], and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh_compound_bombings the Riyadh compound bombings]].

* PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie: Type Three - but a better-done example of the trope

Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and directed by Creator/PeterBerg, ''The Kingdom'' is a PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie released in 2007. It follows a team of FBI agents as they investigate a terrorist bombing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is a [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror War On Terror]] movie with a focus on criminal investigation rather than military action. Stars Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/ChrisCooper, Creator/JasonBateman and Ashraf Barhom. The movie opens with a succinct and generally accurate history of the interactions between Saudi Arabia and the United States. Following the credits, the movie opens with a terrorist attack (calling to mind both the Khobar Towers bombing and the Riyadh Compound Attack) on civilians in Saudi Arabia. Agent Ronald Fleury and a team of agents are sent to Saudi Arabia to "assist" the Saudis in the investigation of the attack. The film was criticized for its portrayal of Muslims (despite the highly sympathetic treatment of the Saudi investigators) and had a mediocre showing at the box office.

* AmbiguousEnding: The film ends with [[spoiler: Hamza's grandchild reflecting on his grandfather's LastWords to [[KillEmAll "kill them all"]], but also remembering Mayes' [[PetTheDog giving him a lollipop]]. The boy looks over the city with a confused expression, leaving the audience unsure if [[TakeUpMySword he'll follow in his grandfather's footsteps]] or let the vendetta die.]]

* MirroringFactions: The film's ending shows this to be the case with the Americans and the terrorists, particularly in terms of the CycleOfRevenge. Fleury reveals that he told Mayes that they'd [[KillEmAll "kill them all"]] for bombing the American complex, while Abu Hamza told his grandson that "we will kill them all".

%%* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Fleury.

Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and directed by Peter Berg, ''The Kingdom'' is a PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie released in 2007. It follows a team of FBI agents as they investigate a terrorist bombing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is a [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror War On Terror]] movie with a focus on criminal investigation rather than military action. Stars Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/ChrisCooper, Creator/JasonBateman and Ashraf Barhom. The movie opens with a succinct and generally accurate history of the interactions between Saudi Arabia and the United States. Following the credits, the movie opens with a terrorist attack (calling to mind both the Khobar Towers bombing and the Riyadh Compound Attack) on civilians in Saudi Arabia. Agent Ronald Fleury and a team of agents are sent to Saudi Arabia to "assist" the Saudis in the investigation of the attack. The film was criticized for its portrayal of Muslims (despite the highly sympathetic treatment of the Saudi investigators) and had a mediocre showing at the box office.

%%* GoodOlBoy: Sykes. Also SouthernFriedGenius. Also MrFixit.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: In the final battle, the FBI Agents and Saudi investigators kill plenty of bag guys by taking positions and with precise calm shots. The enemy mooks meanwhile are shooting all over the place and hit nothing. The director mentions that he asked a group of ex-special forces people watching a preview if it wasn't a bit too implausible that none of the good guys were getting hit by the terrorists in the final shootout. They assured him that such lousy accuracy was nothing unusual.

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy[=/=]BaldOfAwesome: Fleury.
* BigBad: Abu Hamza.

* TheCaptain: Fleury.

* ColonelBadass: Faris al Ghazi.

* GoodOlBoy: Sykes. Also SouthernFriedGenius. Also MrFixit.

->'''Leavitt''': Fleury. Tell me what you whispered to Janet in the briefing to get her to stop crying about Fran, you know, before all this, before we even got airborne. What'd you say to her?\\
'''Aunt''': Tell me, what did your grandfather whisper in your ear before he died?\\
'''Leavitt''': You remember?\\
'''Fleury''': I told her we were gonna kill 'em all.\\
'''Grandson''': "Don't fear them, my child. We are going to kill them all."

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* GottaKillEmAll: The film's ending reveals this to be the case for both the Americans and the terrorists. Fleury had promised Mayes that he'd kill everyone involved in the terrorist cell, while Abu Hamza promised his grandson they'd kill all of the American infidels. It's a dour demonstration of how NotSoDifferent the two parties really are.

* NotSoDifferent: Faris and Sgt. Haytham are shown to be devoted family men, with Faris having a wife and children and Haytham taking care of his elderly father. Abu Hamza similarly has a large family of children and grandchildren, one of whom he comforts as [[spoiler: [[LastWords he lays dying]]]].
** The film's ending shows this to be the case with the Americans and the terrorists, particularly in terms of the CycleOfRevenge. Fleury reveals that he told Mayes that they'd [[KillEmAll "kill them all"]] for bombing the American complex, while Abu Hamza told his grandson that "we will kill them all".

* CoolOldLady: Mandy Rioon, the mother of one of Jackson’s surviving neighbors and the only useful witness among the American survivors, is a minor example.

* CoolOldLady: Mandy Ricon, the mother of one of Jackson’s neighbors and the only useful witness among the American survivors, is a minor example.

* CoolOldLady: Mandy Rioon, the mother of one of Jackson’s neighbors and the only useful witness among the American survivors, is a minor example.

* AFatherToHisMen: when sergeant Haytham is accused of being an Al Hamza accomplice due to requisitioning extra uniforms and killing a man they would have liked to question, Faris checks on his claims that it was because his shirts get stained with sweat faster than most peoples, finds proof of it and gets Haytham released from undergoing their superiors JackBauerInterrogationTechnique.

** Again, the fight with the Giant Mook. Basically most of the fight has Mayes being slammed around the room by him, and Mayes retaliates by [[EarAche biting the Giant Mook's ear off,]] then shooting his leg, [[spoiler:then stabbing him several times in the groin and the chest before finishing him off by stabbing him in the head]]. Ouch.

Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and directed by Peter Berg, ''The Kingdom'' is a PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie released in 2007. It follows a team of FBI agents as they investigate a terrorist bombing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This is a WarOnTerror movie with a focus on criminal investigation rather than military action. Stars Creator/JamieFoxx, Creator/JenniferGarner, Creator/ChrisCooper, Creator/JasonBateman and Ashraf Barhom. The movie opens with a succinct and generally accurate history of the interactions between Saudi Arabia and the United States. Following the credits, the movie opens with a terrorist attack (calling to mind both the Khobar Towers bombing and the Riyadh Compound Attack) on civilians in Saudi Arabia. Agent Ronald Fleury and a team of agents are sent to Saudi Arabia to "assist" the Saudis in the investigation of the attack. The film was criticized for its portrayal of Muslims (despite the highly sympathetic treatment of the Saudi investigators) and had a mediocre showing at the box office.

* TheWarOnTerror: Level Red