“Kingdom Of Dust: Beheading Of Adam Smith” (*1/2 out of four) was a pretty awful melodrama set in war-torn Baghdad in which an American hostage (Stephen Hogan) is waiting to die and he has to come to terms with his captors (Elyes Gabel, Alyy Khan, and others) and try to reason with them and understand their murderous viewpoints to try and save his own life. Minimalistic war-melodrama offers minimal suspense and dramatic interest, despite harrowing story. Made in 2011 and being released now but film has not aged like fine wine and seems like a dusty and moldy story from another era.