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 |