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A confident hybrid of
f1i M*A*S*H
f0i0 ,
f1i Treasure of the Sierra Madre
f0i0 , and
f1i Dr. Strangelove
f0i0 ,
f1i Three Kings
f0i0 is one of the most seriously funny war movies ever made. Improving the premise of
f1i Kelly's Heroes
f0i0 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
f1i Spanking the Monkey
f0i0 and
f1i Flirting with Disaster
f0i0 ) is 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
f1i Being John Malkovich
f0i0 ) play a quartet of US 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 war-time atrocities, and conscience demands their aid to Kuwaiti rebels abandoned by President George Bush's fickle war-time policy. This is serious stuff indeed, but Russell infuses
f1i Three Kings
f0i0 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,
f1i Three Kings
f0i0 conveys the brutal madness of war while making you laugh out loud at the insanity. --
f1i Jeff Shannon
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| title: |
Three Kings [2000] |
| stars: |
George Clooney
Mark Wahlberg |
| rating: |
3 |
| purchase date: |
30-12-2004 |
| publisher: |
Warner Home Video |
| published: |
18-09-2000 |
| price: |
£19.99 |
| net Rating: |
3.86 |
| last lookup time: |
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| genre: |
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| edition: |
DVD |
| created: |
126095264 |
| country: |
gb |
| aspect: |
PAL
Widescreen |
| asin: |
B00004W4FX
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