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The Kingdom

The Kingdom

Crime · Drama · Thriller · 2024

Lesia, a teenager, is taken by a man to a villa where her fugitive father and his men are hiding. A war erupts, leading to death and a chase where father and daughter bond.

Movie details

The Kingdom

2024 Crime · Drama · Thriller 1h 51m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.0 / 10

1.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

100 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

83 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Lesia, a teenager, is taken by a man to a villa where her fugitive father and his men are hiding. A war erupts, leading to death and a chase where father and daughter bond.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Kingdom?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Julien Colonna

Written by

Julien Colonna · Jeanne Herry

Ghjuvanna Benedetti

Ghjuvanna Benedetti

Lesia

Saveriu Santucci

Saveriu Santucci

Pierre-Paul

Anthony Morganti

Anthony Morganti

Ste

Andrea Cossu

Andrea Cossu

Santu

Thomas Bronzini de Caraffa

Thomas Bronzini de Caraffa

Joseph

Pascale Mariani

Pascale Mariani

Louise

Toussaint Martinetti

Toussaint Martinetti

Fred

Court is in session

Put The Kingdom on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.