Did you hear that gasp? That’s me trying to catch a breath after watching Peter Berg’s The Kingdom. What a ride! I gave myself three words or less to describe this movie and that’s what I came up with. From the very moment the film starts, we the viewers are strapped in as we watch a video collage with narration briefly describing the history of Saudi Arabia (known as ‘the kingdom’) up through its uneasy-at-best relationship with the United States. Immediately I was thrust into a sense of urgency as the quick opening showed just how sensitive of a situation it is in the Middle East. Continue Reading
