The Kingdom first 4 minutes

Opening title for the movie The Kingdom.
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[@ForeverRepublic]

This opening sequence is brilliant, I wish the film touched on these subjects more deeply.

[@GuardianComplex]

Watch the Frontline documentary House of Saud. You'll recognize a lot of the dialogue from this trailer. It's an excellent documentary.

[@quiksix25]

Would have been a VERY different movie- and much better than the predictable action movie it devolved into

[@DestinyAwaits19]

@@quiksix25 Syriana was good.

[@AzizAlsafa]

Best intro to a movie I have ever seen.

[@NoFear1979]

Aziz J i couldnt agree more

[@KECIRIJ1978]

Aziz J its really masterpiece, still watching it and still like!

[@WOPMasterG]

This and Gladiator

[@KECIRIJ1978]

Agree....

[@GDI-disc-accepted]

I remember the first time i watched a movie....

[@tanchengyan]

I saw this in the theatre....I was utterly impressed. 2.47-2.57. the way they rotated the map and the airplane approaching it.

[@irvinepoker3187]

how it transitioned like graph form (oil consumer&provider) to the towers aye . nice

[@WB-se6nz]

​@@irvinepoker3187absolutely fucking brilliant

[@xips3fauzanekahafidza673]

2:50 I guess

[@UnofficialAP]

"It was by chance we discovered oil, we were looking for water!" And the world was never the same.

[@stuffandthings1155]

This actually isn’t true. The Standard Oil company received permission from ibn Saud to wildcat for oil. They struck oil at one of their drills in Dammam in 1938. So no, it was part of a conscious effort to find oil.

[@indonesianbassbooster5167]

By far the most epic intro ever. Reminds me of Call of Duty: World At War

[@AbdoZaInsert]

its probably inspired by the WaW or/and OF:DR intro

[@AbdoZaInsert]

OF:DR was released in 2009.. so exclude it :P

[@indonesianbassbooster5167]

@@AbdoZaInsert perhaps even animated by the same guys

[@Arverto]

​@@AbdoZaInsertwhat's OF:DR?

[@AbdoZaInsert]

a video game named "Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising"@@Arverto

[@Baseballnfj]

At 1:50 the Israeli flag becomes one of the stars of the US flag. Perfect.

[@haseebansari9430]

Deep pockets 👎

[@jonsafuhto9220]

Israel must collapse

[@WB-se6nz]

​@@haseebansari9430The Israel lobby is one of the biggest in Washington and lobbied for the invasion of Iraq in 2003

[@thesuperparrot]

We’re living in the United States of AIPAC now. Might as well adopt it as an official change to the US flag atp

[@nathanaelreyes5854]

Great thing about this opening is that it tells you everything you need to know about the movies setting and sets it all up in less than 4 minutes. Peter Berg knows how to make a good movie.

[@fylecabagnot5703]

I'm case you didn't know, Peter Berg worked closely with Michael Mann. He's learned legendary directing skills and cinematography. A true masterpiece!!!!

[@edercortes1960]

Peter Berg is the man

[@hazmatt3250]

I see CoD World at War took heavy inspiration from this opening for their cinematics. I love this style though - quick, succinct information that provides just enough to go off of while new reels are played as audio. Fantastic editing.

[@peeper2070]

Not gonna lie, this is definitely the best movie opening I've ever seen. Informative too.

[@peeper2070]

Shut up

[@trevorphilips9933]

This intro brings me back to my time living in an Aramco compound

[@buryingthepast]

How was it? 😮

[@TheRealAfroRick]

The opening of this movie was simply - inspired. Haven't seen one done this well ever since.

[@austinrevis2217]

Bro look up the cod waw intros mind blowing

[@tiberiusinuk]

Still get shivers up my spine when I see that plane go towards the tower. Best intro ever

[@vikramra7]

probably the best opening scene is movie history. 4 mins pretty much explains wht happened for 40 yrs ...

[@brushwaterkhan]

vikramra7 i agree Sad that your only replies were spam :(

[@The_Noticer.]

lmao no it doesn't. It's the kosher explanation. Flex at 1:50. The fact is the wars weren't about Oil, it was about Israëls security.

[@b.g.3073]

Great opening sequence, but definitely leaves out much of what happened/why it happened.

[@WB-se6nz]

​@@The_Noticer.It's way more complicated than that. Israel is a big player in the middle east, obviously, but not at all the singular source of conflict.

[@WB-se6nz]

​@@b.g.3073yea, this intro gives the what happened without the why but does a good job of showing the important historical events leading to the plot of the movie

[@Webgear]

After all these years, still a masterpiece of an introduction!

[@Rainhato_]

2:42 "clean transition🔥🗣"

[@bearmare9710]

The intro alone explains perfectly global petro-politics. Brilliant.

[@infernonova1]

Cleanest transition ever💯😭😭

[@Fred_the_1996]

Bro dropped the hardest 9/11 edit ever

[@Pinlight]

I just love this. It's a beautiful thing and explains the whole thing in a way that holds everyone's attention and keeps it hip in the process.

[@spyderboyy]

I loved this movie. I was afraid it was going to just be just a bunch of bullets and bombs in hollywood's depiction of the middle east, but it was surprisingly very well made and culturally accurate. Maybe the last 10 minutes were a little far-fetched, but otherwise it was sweet. And I absolutely dig the opening credits.

[@jonsafuhto9220]

15 years later, fvck usa

[@PSFanBoy]

best opening titles in a movie i have ever seen. perfectly done. this is a major inspiration to me, and i hope everyone feels the same way.

[@alarmritelbestsolutionprot3456]

Never ever bored watching this opening scene...why? Don'tknow...but this almost perfect opening scene

[@MasterTSayge]

Whole semester of middle east history in less than 4min. Thank you Prof Berg. 🎉

[@kickZtailout]

Same here! My girlfriend and I saw the movie 3 weeks ago and I immediately came here wanting to find this... It wasn't around, but it's finally here! Best intro to a movie in recent memory, and good use of CGI to pull it off. Kudos to the film makers.

[@Dawitness11]

This is probably the best intro ever! It says it's all too, everything!!!

[@kasipalate6055]

One of the hardest openings of all time!

[@Amiga500_User]

Brilliant opening. Jaw-dropping.

[@ItzMelissa9]

Anyone here from insta reels?

[@mikirichards1482]

Best intro ever!

[@troll4768]

The transitions reminds me of CoD World at War.

[@b.g.3073]

This and Dark Knight Rises...... Best two opening sequences I've ever seen.

[@SocialAssasin]

yea that was a good one too. Check out Lone Survivor and Top Gun and we need one more for a top 5. The Departed is good. More of an extended opening.

[@viper12545]

Watchmen i think got them all beat

[@ojsilva1975]

After watching The Turning Point on Netflix, finally watched this movie. So good!

[@ReelinRodgers2]

When it became clear that the movie didn’t win any Oscar Awards, that was a disaster

[@mgraysh]

Who came from Instagram reels 🤝

[@Take-aim-and-reload...]

Should have started the intro with the Balfour Declaration in the beginning, instead of jumping into the Arabs uprising against the Ottoman Empire near the end of World War I. The one-sided Balfour Declaration is the Pandora's Box to all of these.

[@IAMBENNYBLANCO.]

Great movie...and great opening scene...one of the best.

[@JorgeNaya]

Best intro to a movie I've ever seen!

[@isxia]

One of the best opening credits for a film ever...

[@apurvgore6770]

This intro scene increased my quest in geopolitics. I start seeing documentaries after this

[@mackcummy4976]

It was actually 1938 oil was discovered.

[@Spartangeneral7]

Personally, this film should be seen alongside Syriana.

[@hopedream11]

Agreed shame there was no continuation of both films. Anyone know the song name for the intro?

[@fylecabagnot5703]

Excellent intro to understanding the events that led up to the 9/11 attacks. Well integrated!!!!

[@mackcummy4976]

Here in Canada we have tons of oil but it's in oil sands and in the arctic and hard rock, not soft sand in liquid form in a place that is always warm and flat. We also have stricter environmental laws than the middle east and better safety and labour standards which means it's hard to produce the amount of oil they do at the low cost they do.

[@john42t]

Canadians are afraid of oil.

[@mackcummy4976]

John Tyson What? It's true we are trying to go more green but oil brought us billions.

[@okdan4eva]

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[@writersblock26]

mack cummy Really, mack? Hmm...interesting. I have to admit I don't know much about Canada. It's pretty sad, given you country's our neighbor to the north.

[@mackcummy4976]

It's true.

[@aws0me136]

This Remind Anyone of the COD: WaW Cutscenes?

[@Meirstein]

That was definitely my first thought.

[@gamesmovienation3516]

He'll yeah it does but since homefront came out its sort of like that too with cuts cents lol I love live action

[@ballistaz2872]

Mw2

[@winchesterchua3311]

Yep.

[@Dupe16118]

Its not a trailer - its the first 4 minutes of the film giving an excellent background on the history of Saudi Arabia and the attacks made today by Al-Queda

[@randomusernamemygod]

The Begining and middle part of the film was very good and an eye opener to some. Although I thought the ending was cool but it did ruin the points I thought it was making. And I realised it wasnt really making a point it was just misleading to build up to an action thriller. Or they were trying to make a point but made the ending the way it was to try and make more people see it.

[@laughsinmisogyny8827]

I learned more about global economics and politics in 4 minutes than I did in 13+ years of school....... EPIC!!!!

[@theinsivibleman5309]

yikes :/

[@laughsinmisogyny8827]

@@theinsivibleman5309 yikes what?

[@laughsinmisogyny8827]

@@theinsivibleman5309 when I was in Middle School in 1993, we were reading all the books that was copy written in 1965. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King was still alive in my book, and Kennedy being assassinated was a fairly recent event. I'm one of those "inner city", "Urban" people.

[@theinsivibleman5309]

​@@laughsinmisogyny8827 yikes what? let me explain then. First off the fact that u had to turn to movies and shows which arent based entirely in reality in order to "learn" about global economics is a symptom of how fcked US public education is. Second, the fact that this moive tricked one into thinking they "learned" anything about global and economics and politics(the word you're looking for is geopolitics) is a symptom of how well the lies have been told. The people, the states, responsible for the september 11th attacks are USA, Israel, Saudi Arabia and pakistan. The two former most states provided the logistics and materials(planning, material, motive). The latter most states provided the intelligence(information, people). I didnt learn any of this in middleschool tho, I had to learn it on my own and it blew my mind. My middle school version was harrow, my alma mater is London School of Economics and Political Science. And even then I never figured it out till AFTER schooling. School doesnt teach u anything. All it does is equip u with the ability to put 1 and 1 together. Some leave school with that ability but never go on to do the math themselves, nevermind the internet being replete with information that one can easily filter through.

[@laughsinmisogyny8827]

@@theinsivibleman5309 so let me get this straight, NOTHING in the intro is true, according to you? The Saudi dudes were the hijackers, etc, etc Plus, you seem to totally missed the point of what I was saying that my school was poorly funded and they were teaching us out of 30 year old books.

[@hiroforce]

This is one of the slickest history lessons I've ever seen as the opening credits to a film. It is a good primer for American History in the middle east, though it does leave out some key information concerning Osama Bin Laden.

[@PSFanBoy]

how is this part propaganda? it's all facts check anywhere. and i liked it so much cuz it's a perfectly put together montage of history of the relationship between the arab oil companies and the US consumers.

[@mechislander]

If they ever adapt the alternate history/fantasy novel The Mirage, by Matt Ruff, I hope something like this will be in the show, explaining the “changes” to the timeline.

[@WB-se6nz]

What?

[@snipdyper]

22 Nov the movie will be available in my country !!! CANT WAIT TO SEE !

[@NotesCollector]

Great Clip+Movie!The ending was just so spectacular

[@chriseddiechannel4729]

The best intro to a movie 👍🏾

[@c.b5996]

Absolutely agree. Hands down the best. Give me goosebumps.

[@dynagaming2693]

This was so well done, you can actually see it inspired the intro to Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising.

[@Escara1]

1:11 / 1:14 These 3 seconds...these damn 3 seconds... I had a shiver down the spine. That is far more than it could be appear. I know that it's not intense as an airplane "stabbing" a skyscraper, but knowing what is and what means that merged name...

[@ashfaqj3765]

I rate this a 9/11💀🙌

[@k0kan3]

So I haven't seen this movie. Is it good? Whats it about?

[@Baseballnfj]

Explains where 9/11 comes from in 6 minutes

[@aweeeeh5255]

This is literally the same style as CoD WaW/Black ops

[@Aluminumtalk]

Oil is still a national security priority..

[@cariourso6399]

Such a cool movie intro! Very informative.

[@tensionsleeve8717]

Will Lyman voice is impressive!resonant and polish.

[@Kpob03]

Like Bill Kurtis' commentary in some of these scenes

[@tieradlerch.217]

They got CoD Black Ops 6 intro 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥

[@NavrasReaktor]

the last lines in this movie are unique

[@heimer33]

The beginning of this film is a good brief slide show of history about Oil and Saudi Arabia. I think this movie clearly shows reality and conflict between the middle east and the US

[@wildcard9370]

I’m just commenting because it’s 15 years later… Any change?

[@mackcummy4976]

How come the US is now the top producer, even more than Saudi Arabia?

[@Breedlovej1]

The Permian basin and Dakotas; fracking.

[@AgentCell]

Did anyone posted the full movie

[@johnsoncheung4576]

10th Anniversary!

[@torressr3]

great intro, great movie

[@JSolar590]

So if Saddam never invaded Kuwait or if the Saudi Monarchy accepted Bin Laden's offer, no 9/11 and no war on terror?

[@gary609906]

Were they really only trying to find water and just happened to find oil, or is that just one of those bullshit stories where people are looking for "life" and stumble upon riches in the middle of the desert? Honestly this makes Disney's Aladdin feel that much real. Some nobody goes into the desert and finds an ocean of oil and instantly becomes the richest person in the country. Prince Ali, something is he, Ali a babwaaaa! And then a bunch of elephants and birds lead a parade through downtown Saudi Arabia and he gets the girl at the end? (I know I went off the deep end on this one but for real, were they looking for water and then found oil by mistake?)

[@stuffandthings1155]

No. The company that was known as Standard Oil thought that there might be oil in the Arabian peninsula. So they received permission from ibn Saud to look around. They struck oil in dammam in 1938.

[@gthreesix]

That was one great trailer!! so much highlights!!!

[@mackcummy4976]

It's the opening credits to the movie.

[@rheffic1971]

02:55: WOW.

[@mackcummy4976]

Now we in Canada produce more than the US, I think

[@babelinfocalypse8118]

Wish the film itself lived up to this epic intro!

[@b-toxicgamer5144]

2:54 i will rate this 9/11

[@gyanenderdeswal9449]

The best intro

[@osmanouf]

gr8......i like these 1st 4 min.s ......they highlight much of the history

[@kimwhitney75]

This brings me back 18yrs ago tomorrow to when I was in Kuwait, then 20 days later into Iraq. 😡😡😡

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

I will never understand critics who called this movie racist or anti-saudi. It showed in my opinion, an extremely balanced view of Saudi Arabia and it’s internal conflicts and contradictions, it in a somewhat simplistic manner.

[@gaby47]

awesome opening for amovie..perter berg is a genius :) thanks for posting

[@twobellz]

There’s something very, very dynamic about that US - UK relationship isn’t there? literature, pop culture, the arts, warfare, geopolitics etc, the list goes on and on.

[@NavrasReaktor]

Ahhhh... is Faris not Farid

[@jonsafuhto9220]

15 years later, fvck usa

[@smartkking4984]

this intro reminds me of call of duty world at war cutscene

[@MasterTSayge]

Danny Elfman at it again 🎉

[@kambolaurel1715]

the ost of this movie should have been composed by Steve Jablonsky instead of Danny Elfman the ost of The Hitcher should have been composed by Danny Elfman instead of Steve Jablonsky

[@Dani_portugal_ww2]

CoD WAW... Almost the same

[@Sahilprakash1999]

2:55,3:00 September 11th 2001

[@jmehd]

The Saudi people and country as a whole should not be made into suspects however. They’re such kind and educated people.

[@KMar-KARAMANLI-]

Best transition

[@karedacompany3782]

This has never been more important than now when oil is going to a new all time high.

[@Breedlovej1]

It’s nowhere near the 2008 peaks and a great deal below ~2012-2016. The American rig count will climb rapidly since it’s profitable again and they’ll come crashing down to earth… we can’t help ourselves.

[@mrkremko1]

There is a VERY easy way to disengage ourselves from the Middle East- energy independence

[@tkcwu]

So whose the Good guys???? and whose the bad guys?? in this thing.

[@jonsafuhto9220]

15 yers later, Wu !

[@spencersharp]

anyone know the song?

[@brianagarza5320]

main titles by Danny elfman it's in the soundtrack

[@mackcummy4976]

Well, looks like Canada made the on those maps

[@losouknoso22]

Great intro

[@AgentCell]

Anyone got the full movie?

[@watchtheworldburnpepe2921]

wasnt this released on 1995? but the 9/11 occured on 2001.

[@balls8013]

2007

[@chased4638]

Haha 95. Yeah The Kingdom predicted 911

[@sergionj93]

WatchTheWorldBurn Pepe you're a jackass

[@gousreezanky4765]

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[@廖浩-x8e]

Riget (The Kingdom) came out in 1995, but this Hollywood film came out in 2007.

[@Ajaws]

Peter Berg movies are hit or miss, Friday night Lights, Patriots Day and Lone survivor were good, this one was pretty good, Mile 22 wasn’t that good, Hancock, the losers and Battleship are all pretty shitty, he has an interesting style