Despite not getting permission to do so, team leader Ronald Fleury (JAMIE FOXX) covertly travels there with bomb expert Grant Sykes (CHRIS COOPER), forensics technician Janet Mayes (JENNIFER GARNER), and intelligence analyst Adam Leavitt (JASON BATEMAN). When word gets out about this unauthorized mission, various officials such as FBI director James Grace (RICHARD JENKINS) and Attorney General Gideon Young (DANNY HUSTON) are not pleased. Nor is State Department liaison Damon Schmidt (JEREMY PIVEN) who's on the scene, worried about protocol and how the less than refined quartet will be received by the royal family.
The four have bigger concerns, however, with the various Saudi officials who've been assigned to the case, such as General Al Abdulmalik (MAHMOUD SAID) who wrongly accuses guard Sergeant Haytham (ALI SULIMAN) of being one of the terrorists, while Colonel Faris Al Ghazi (ASHRAF BARHOM) is the one who stops the general from beating Haytham for information. None is pleased about the quartet's presence or the cultural differences between the two groups.
Nevertheless, Ronald and his crew continue pressing their case, including for increased investigative access. That's eventually granted, and with the newfound trust of Al Ghazi, they set out to find out who's responsible for the deadly bombing and stop them before it happens again.
Violence consists of many people being killed in various ways (shootings, massive explosions, stabbing, etc.), much of which has varying amount of bloodiness, while those scenes and moments of peril (especially a long battle sequence at the end of the film, including a near execution via beheading) might be unsettling or tense to viewers.
Some of the action and other behavior might be enticing for imitation, while various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, and tense family material includes familial deaths. Brief drinking and smoking are present.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, there's some of that in a hallway during a gun battle late in the film.
For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, nearly nonstop, handheld camera footage appears in the film (often bouncy, nearly always showing some form of camera movement).
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(2007) (Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Minor
Extreme
Extreme
Extreme
Extreme
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Moderate
Mild
Heavy
None
Extreme
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Mild
Mild
Moderate
Heavy
Extreme
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Reviewed September 25, 2007 / Posted September 28, 2007
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