From critically acclaimed film-maker Michael Mann (Collateral, Heat), comes his latest all-action thriller, The Kingdom.This fast-paced explosive blockbuster is packed with incredible action sequences and rammed with nail-biting tension and delivers amazing performances from Oscar® winner* Jamie Foxx (Jarhead, Miami Vice) and the supporting cast led by Jennifer Garner (Alias, Elektra), Chris Cooper (Jarhead, Syriana) and Jason Bateman (The Break Up, Dodgeball) as The Kingdom explodes onto DVD, HD DVD and becomes available to ‘download-to-own’ on January 28th 2008. Following a deadly suicide terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia, in which over one hundred innocent men, women and children were slain, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) learns his best friend and fellow FBI agent was killed in the blast. Against direct orders, Fleury forms an elite FBI squad to secretly enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to track down the Islamic mastermind behind the atrocities and bring an end to their campaign of terror, death and destruction.With only five days to complete their mission and constantly under threat of causing a diplomatic incident, the FBI team swing into action as they try to piece together the evidence they need to track down this highly dangerous terrorist cell who are determined to inflict Jihad on Western society at any cost.Despite their skill and expertise, Fleury and his men find themselves unrehearsed and disorientated when they enter the distant and unknown landscape of Saudi Arabia.
Handicapped by protocol, bureaucracy and custom, with time dwindling at an alarming rate and their Saudi counterparts suspicious and unwelcoming, the team are constantly under threat of attack in the hostile territory.
The native authorities prove to be a mix of both friend and foe, but with the authority of the Prince, they soon begin to peel back the layers of complex and intricate crime scene, determined to bring the man who is leading this campaign of violence to justice.
With mysterious political agendas, cultural hostility and enemies and danger at every turn, their unlikely ally comes in the form of the Saudi Colonel Al-Ghazi, who guides them through royal politics, helps authorise resources to assist in unraveling the perplexity of the crime scene and takes them deep underground into Saudi community where no westerners have dared tread before.
Nonetheless, they soon find themselves comrades in arms, united in a fight for their own lives when one of the FBI agents is suddenly and violently kidnapped by the enemy terrorists.
Knowing they have only minutes and not hours to rescue their friend, they unleash their impressive arsenal of weaponry and combat expertise that leads to a sensational and astounding final battle sequence that puts you in the middle of a warzone like no other on earth.
With an astounding cast, led by Oscar® winner* Jamie Foxx, and rammed with explosive action and thrilling, adrenaline-fuelled tension, The Kingdom is a fast-paced intense thriller guaranteed to deliver all that you would expect from the master film-maker and legendary action aficionado Michael Mann.