Three Kings

Name: Three Kings
Released: 1999-10-1
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy

Three Kings

R
1h 55m
1999

94%

age 16+

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Greed. Compassion. Heroism. These three seemingly disparate human traits collide explosively in this unconventional, ironic, action-packed adventure. At the end of the Gulf War, a small group of American soldiers plots to steal a huge cache of gold reputedly hidden somewhere near their Iraqi desert base. After finding a map that they believe will lead them to the treasure, the men embark on a treacherous journey filled with unexpected events--a trip that dramatically forces them to confront their fears and flaws, while drastically altering their lives forever.

Director:

David O. Russell

Producer:

Charles Roven, Paul Junger Witt, Edward L. McDonnell, Kelley Smith-Wait, Gregory Goodman, Bruce Berman

Writer:

David O. Russell, John Ridley

Cast:

Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Cliff Curtis, Saïd Taghmaoui, George Clooney

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

94%

Critics Consensus: Three Kings successfully blends elements of action, drama, and comedy into a thoughtful, exciting movie on the Gulf War.

Reviews

Hollywood Reporter

Kirk Honeycutt

[Russell] not only has designed an action-adventure laced with incendiary humor but a movie that wants to explore race, politics, war, the media and U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. In large measure, he pulls it off with breathtaking aplomb.

One of Hollywood's few films about the Gulf War, David O. Russell's Three Kings is an original war feature that's effective as a social satire as well as political critique.

Violent, liberal George Clooney Gulf War caper.

June 22, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Dark Horizons

Garth Franklin

Ithis is a career making movie, then its writer/director David O. Russell who deserves the credit with this very creative effort from the debut filmmaker.

June 22, 2017

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Philip Martin

Three Kings mightn't be the best thought-out or most reassuring movie of the year, but the more I think about it, the more I'm sure that it is one of the best.

June 21, 2017

Common Sense Media

age 16+

Common Sense Says

Violent, liberal George Clooney Gulf War caper.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this film is unsparing in the violence of the battlefield, with soldiers, civilians, mothers, and children dying in gunfire and RPG attacks. Several special-effects scenes actually go within a human body to demonstrate, classroom-lecture style, the damage that bullets do. There is also one rather gratuitous sex scene early on. The depiction of the coalition troops sent to liberate Kuwait is cynical, to put it lightly. Families who are strong Bush Jr./Sr. supporters will either yell at the screen, decide George Clooney isn't all that handsome anymore, or turn it off. Other families may cheer at the film's brazenness.