Three Kings Reviews

Three Kings Review
by Gary Jones
Kelly's Heroes in Iraq - that's what you might think having seen the trailers and other publicity for Three Kings, but you'd be wrong, even though the films shares the same plot premise of renegade soldiers from a conquering army trying to liberate (for...more

Three Kings Review
by Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Rated on a 4-star scale Screening venue: Odeon (Liverpool City Centre) Released in the UK by Warner Bros on March 3, 2000; certificate 15; 115 minutes; country of origin USA; aspect ratio 2.35:1 more

Three Kings Review
by Greg King
THREE KINGS (M). (Warner Bros/Village Roadshow) Director: David O Russell Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Said Taghmaoui, Cliff Curtis, Liz Stauber, Holt McCallany Running...more

Three Kings Review
by Marty Mapes
The three title characters (plus a fourth), all U.S. army, find a map to Kuwaiti gold in a dead Iraqi soldier at the end of the war. Major Archie Gates (George Clooney) leads his small team on an expedition to find the gold. The map takes them into the...more

Three Kings Review
by Curtis Edmonds
Three Kings is the story of Major Archie Gates (George Clooney), Army Special Forces, and his role in the Gulf War. When Major Gates hears that three recruits have found a treasure map embedded in the derriere of an Iraqi prisoner, he takes immediate...more

Three Kings Review
by David N. Butterworth
It's March 1991, George Bush is in the White House, the Gulf War has just ended, and nobody--least of all the weathered U.S. forces who roam the arid, alien landscapes of Iraq--has a clue as to why it even started. more

Three Kings Review
by Christian Pyle
"Three Kings" Written and Directed by David O. Russell (from a story by John Ridley) Starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, and Jamie Kennedy Official Site: http://www.three-kings.com/ Grade: B+ more

Three Kings Review
by Jack Choo
At first glance, THREE KINGS looks to be just another war movie, the 90s version of all those favourite war movies with names I cannot remember. The 90s version, it definitely is, just another war movie? Not in your dreams! Imagine PULP FICTION approach...more

Three Kings Review
by Jack Choo
At first glance, THREE KINGS looks to be just another war movie, the 90s version of all those favourite war movies with names I cannot remember. The 90s version, it definitely is, just another war movie? Not in your dreams! Imagine PULP FICTION approach...more

Three Kings Review
by Ram Samudrala
/Three Kings/ is a film where a bunch of interesting and involving ideas about the U.S.-Iraq conflict in 1991 are strung together in a fairly haphazard manner. The incongruous combination of the harsh realities of war, governmental power plays, and...more

Three Kings Review
by Jeff Bogart
* * * * out of four Yes, you counted those stars right, I just came home from seeing this film and I have to say it was amazing. Because the acting was very good? Yes. Because the directing was different and intriguing? Why not. But mostly because it...more
Three Kings Review
by Frankie Paiva
I am constantly talking about hype. You know, the stuff that Hollywood sends out to all of the people who see a movie. It's called marketing, it's called milking the heck out of everything the critics say, and it's about aiming towards an audience and...more
Three Kings Review
by Dennis Schwartz
THREE KINGS (director/writer: David O. Russell; screenwriter: based on a story by John Ridley; cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel; cast: George Clooney (Special Forces Capt. Archie Gates), Mark Wahlberg (Sgt.Troy Barlow), Ice Cube (Staff Sgt. Chief...more
Three Kings Review
by Jeremiah Rickert
The advertising for this film would have you believe that you are about to see a caper-film. The ads portray the kind of talky disco swagger that we have come to associate with the films of Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino's films, however disjointed...more
Three Kings Review
by JABII
CAST George Clooney - Major Archie Gates Mark Whalberg - Troy Barlow Ice Cube - Chief Elgin Spike Jonze - Conrad Vig Nora Dunn - Adrianna Cruz Jamie Kennedy - Walter Wogeman more
Three Kings Review
by Homer Yen
There's a terrific scene when George Clooney describes what happens when a person gets shot. The worst part, he says, isn't even the pain that is felt when the bullet enters the body. It's what happens afterwards, as the bullet fragment completely...more
Three Kings Review
by Michael Dequina
At the end of the Gulf War, a group of four--_not_ three--American soldiers (George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze) head out to the Iraqi desert to claim millions in stolen Kuwaiti gold as their own. Much like their seemingly simple...more
Three Kings Review
by Bill Chambers
The soldiers of Three Kings have taken their cue from movies about Vietnam. (Fitting, since the media-saturated Gulf War became a pop entertainment.) While driving through a long, flat Iraqi desert (in a Humvee with a Bart Simpson hood ornament), one of...more
Three Kings Review
by Jamey Hughton
Three Kings is the most unusual war movie you will ever see, and surely one of the best. This brilliant Gulf War action / comedy is brimming with razor-sharp comedy, deliriously exciting action and thoughtful drama - with just a pinch of good...more
Three Kings Review
by edwin jahiel
THREE KINGS (1999) ** 1/2 . Written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley. Photography, Newton Thomas Sigel. Editing, Robert K. Lambert. Production design,, Catherine Hardwicke. Music, Carter Burwell. Producers, Charles Roven,...more
Three Kings Review
by John Sylva
The year is 1991. War has broken out between the United States and Iraq, causing the battle known as Desert Storm. Flash forward to the end of the war. Many men have died, some wounded, some survive without injury, except for their painful memories...more
Three Kings Review
by Stephen Graham Jones
Three Kings opens just as Desert Storm is winding down, but still, manages to emblemize the whole war in that one opening scene, where the conflict is pared down to its most ridiculous: the American soldier fighting the Iraqi soldier for possession of...more
Three Kings Review
by Dustin Putman
Directed by David O. Russell. Cast: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Cliff Curtis, Said Taghmaoui, Liz Stauber, Judy Greer. 1999 - 111 minutes Rated R (for violence, profanity, sex, and...more
Three Kings Review
by Mark R Leeper
Capsule: Set in the day or two following the Persian Gulf, THREE KINGS begins as a light-hearted caper film but turns into a grim view of the realities of the Middle East and American policy. This is...more
Three Kings Review
by Michael Elliott
DIRECTED BY: David O. Russell STARRING: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn WRITTEN BY: David O. Russell RATED: R for graphic war violence, language, and some sexuality. SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:...more
Three Kings Review
by James Brundage
Twenty years, one month, and sixteen days before Three Kings was released, Apocalypse Now sprang onto the war movie landscape, quickly jumping into the upper echelon of a highly critically appreciated genre. Now, Three Kings hits screens, with a similar...more
Three Kings Review
by Berge Garabedian
David O. Russell is a man to be reckoned with. He starts his career off with a "comedy" about incest between a mom and son called SPANKING THE MONKEY. Follows it up with yet another very original story packed with a slew of interesting and quirky...more
Three Kings Review
by Ross Anthony
Three kings and a joker (all US military) stumble across an "ass map" during a cease-fire during the Gulf War. The map (which was found in an Iraqi buttocks) could very well reveal the location of a great deal of gold. In an attempt to return home rich,...more
Three Kings Review
by Akiva Gottlieb
rated R Warner Bros. Pictures 113 minutes starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Cliff Curtis, Said Taghmaoui based on a story by John Ridley written and directed by David O. Russell more
Three Kings Review
by Chuck Schwartz
CrankyCritic® movie reviews: Three Kings Rated [R], 115 minutes Starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn Screenplay by David O. Russell Based on a story by John Ridley Directed by David O. Russell website:...more
Three Kings Review
by Eugene Novikov
Three Kings Review
by Jon Popick
Three Kings Review
by Scott Renshaw
Three Kings Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Three Kings Review
by Steve Rhodes