Three Kings
22,076
War
During the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, three American soldiers (Clooney, Wahlberg, and Cube) in Saudia Arabia are eager to get home. However, after finding a treasure map that might lead to the gold Saddam Hussein stole from Kuait, they decide to re-think their travel plans. Major Archie Gates (Clooney) leads the men on their treasure hunt with a ruthless reporter (Nora Dunn) close behind them. Meanwhile, there is a battle Kurd ... [+]
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United States | Chicago Sun-Times | "Three Kings is some kind of weird masterpiece, (...) It has the freedom and recklessness of Oliver Stone or Robert Altman in their mad-dog days, and a visual style that hungers for impact. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)" | POS |
United States | Variety | "Just the second Hollywood feature, after “Courage Under Fire,” to take on the 1991 Gulf War, “Three Kings” does so in an impudently comic, stylistically aggressive and, finally, very thoughtful manner." | POS |
Canada | The Globe and Mail | "No, Three Kings is not a great picture, but it is a very good one, perhaps the first feature of merit to come out of the Gulf War." | POS |
United States | New York Post | "An extraordinary experience: an original and brilliant combination of comedy, action and sophisticated political comment -- the best American movie of the year thus far" | POS |
United States | USA Today | "Visual pyrotechnics and dark humor aside, Three Kings rules because it dares to dig for such truths, whether banal or significant." | POS |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "Off-and-on cynical and sentimental, Russell's darkly comic tale shows how much can be done with familiar material when you're burning to do things differently and have the gifts to pull that off." | POS |
United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "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." | POS |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "A genre movie with an agenda that's too packed. Inevitably, some of the many balls it's juggling get dropped -- (but it's) one of the most entertaining and original actioners in several years." | POS |
United States | The Washington Post | "Enormously entertaining" | POS |
United States | Time | "A brilliant exercise in popular but palpable surrealism" | POS |
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