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Three Kings (Widescreen)

David O. Russell (Actor), George Clooney (Actor), Ice Cube (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (360 customer reviews)

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A confident hybrid of M*A*S*H, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Dr. Strangelove, Three Kings is one of the most seriously funny war movies ever made. Improving the premise of Kelly's Heroes with scathing intelligence, it explores the odd connection between war and consumerism in the age of Humvees and cellular phones. Writer-director David O. Russell's third film (after Spanking the Monkey and Flirting with Disaster), it's a no-holds-barred portrait of personal conscience in the volatile arena of politics, played out by one of the most gifted filmmakers to emerge in the 1990s.

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze (director of Being John Malkovich) play a quartet of U.S. soldiers who, disillusioned by Operation Desert Storm, decide to steal $23 million in gold hijacked from Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's army. Getting the bullion out of an Iraqi stronghold is easy; keeping it is a potentially lethal proposition. By the end of their mercenary mission, the Americans can no longer ignore wartime atrocities (and neither can we--the film is boldly unflinching), and conscience demands their aid to Iraqi rebels abandoned by President George Bush's fickle wartime policy. This is serious stuff indeed, but Russell infuses Three Kings with a keen sense of the absurd, and the entire film is an exercise in breathtaking visual ingenuity. Despite a conventional ending that's mildly disappointing for such a brashly original film, Three Kings conveys the brutal madness of war while making you laugh out loud at the insanity. --Jeff Shannon

Additional Features

The Collector's Edition features a 22-minute documentary, "Under the Bunker." Featuring quick interviews with cast and crew, the behind-the-scenes film is slick and enjoyable, but could have been longer.

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BACK HAND SWIPE AT BUSH 41 Jun 7 2004
Format:DVD
"Three Kings" starred the ultra-liberal George Clooney in a convoluted story of U.S. soldiers trying to get rich in war torn 1991 Iraq, possibly re-creating the theme of Clint Eastwood's 1970 film "Kelly's Heroes". "Kings" is not a highly political story, but leaves little doubt that it views the first President Bush's war in Iraq, particularly the Kurdish uprising that he encouraged and did not back, as a cynical American lie.

STEVEN TRAVERS
AUTHOR OF "BARRY BONDS: BASEBALL'S SUPERMAN"
STWRITES@AOL.COM

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so-so Jun 7 2004
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Format:DVD
fortunately, i don't need a movie to tell me people are human. They are different kinds of people and not everyone is the same.
I was shocked at some of the reviews when people all of a sudden assumed "all" soldiers were greedy when this is a fictitous plot after all. As for some of the other actors, really well played.
I hate to portray a film as anti-this or pro-that unless the director wanted it so.
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Not Another War Movie Feb 4 2004
Format:VHS Tape
George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and director Spike Jonze (who gives a chance at acting here) star in this twisted, offbeat war movie where four american soldiers try to survive in Iraqi while searching for some gold hidden by Saddanm`s army.
The plot mixes a bit of everything, going from drama, dark comedy, action and satire, and while it isn`t always sucessful it still works for the most part (the ending, however, could be much more surprising). It`s certainly unconventional and dares to try something different, which is something rare nowadays, especially in the tired war movie genre.
Director David O. Russel offers an experimental, dazzling cinematography, creating some unique and weird visual scenes. Although the mix between a serious and an absurd tone doesn`t work as well as it could, "Three Kings" is nonetheless an interesting picture worth watching, making for an entertaining and innovative trip.
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Most recent customer reviews
Completely unrealistic war movie
This movie is based on the Gulf War. The acting is of extremely poor quality. The story plot is non-existent. The movie is about three U. Read more
Published on May 11 2004
Overdramatic, and not that good
"Three Kings" tries hard to be artistic. In fact...it tries too hard.

Its basically a modern day take on "Kelly's Heroes. Read more

Published on Nov 22 2003 by TrezKu13
Off-beat Three Kings is biting Gulf War satire.....
Three Kings, writer-director David O. Russell's darkly humorous and offbeat heist movie, does to Operation Desert Storm what Kelly's Heroes did to World War II. Read more
Published on Nov 11 2003 by Alex Diaz-Granados
Good Film, Spectacular, Worth Watching
This's one of my favourite war films all the time. The story's well told, and the actors George Clooney, Mark Wahiberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze were just shining. Read more
Published on Oct 17 2003 by tongjiahui
we three kings be stealing the gold
awesome looking movie with very great characters and villians. theres a lot of comedy, action and great moments in this piece. Ice Cube is really good in one of the leads. Read more
Published on Oct 9 2003 by Michael Bolts
Makes Cube look credilbe as actor, need I say more.
Well, actually I do need to say more. The fact of the matter is this is one of the greatest movies ever made. To begin with there is an amazing cast. Read more
Published on Sep 19 2003 by Justin Skiftenes
A SATIRE WITH INNOVATIVE CINEMATOGRAPHY
At the first instance, what are striking about this movie, is its cinematography, its camera-work, and the computer graphics used, to create certain scenes. Read more
Published on Sep 19 2003 by Vish Iyer
Provoking Satire
Writer-director David O. Russell's almost-remake of "Kelly's Heroes" set during the Persian Gulf War provides a satirical view on the concept of war, humanity, and who... Read more
Published on Aug 27 2003
one of my favorites
This movie brilliantly combines humor and heart-wrenching images of war to tell an unbelievably memorable and important story. Read more
Published on Aug 5 2003 by Jean Erickson
I only watched the first few minutes...But that was enough.
Actually, this isn't a review as I switched the TV off after the first few minutes - in which time I was deeply disturbed and offended... Read more
Published on July 8 2003 by "noumea3"
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