The Kingdom

[grim_tales]

Has anyone seen the trailer for this? Again, I saw a preview at the cinema yesterday.

When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) quickly assembles an elite team (Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman) and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Upon landing in the desert kingdom, however, Fleury and his team discover Saudi authorities suspicious and unwelcoming of American interlopers into what they consider a local matter. Hamstrung by protocol-and with the clock ticking on their five days-the FBI agents find their expertise worthless without the trust of their Saudi counterparts, who want to locate the terrorist in their homeland on their own terms. Fleury's crew finds a like-minded partner in Saudi Colonel Al-Ghazi (Ashraf Barhoum), who helps them navigate royal politics and unlock the secrets of the crime scene and the workings of an extremist cell bent on further destruction. With these unlikely allies sharing a propulsive commitment to crack the case, the team is led to the killer's front door in a blistering do-or-die confrontation. Now in a fight for their own lives, strangers united by one mission won't stop until justice is found in The Kingdom.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0431197/

The trailer seemed OK in a standard sort of way, when "Abu Hamza" was mentioned I presumed they meant the real Abu Hamza (Captain Hook).

Released on 5/10/07 in the UK.

[Shingster]

The trailer seemed OK in a standard sort of way, when "Abu Hamza" was mentioned I presumed they meant the real Abu Hamza (Captain Hook).

LoL grim, I think we can safely say they didn't mean the overweight one-eyed, hook-handed muslim cleric.

Abu's a common Arab prefix, it basically means "father of", the full name of bloke your thinking of is Abu Hamza al-Masri. I can't say for sure as I ain't seen the film, but I would imagine the Abu Hamza in The Kingdom is based on (or is) the Iraqi leader of Al-queda: Abu Hamza al-Muhajir.

[grim_tales]

LOL, I still have lots to learn I guess
Could be an interesting film, it's not out yet