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Three Kings (1999)
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A confident hybrid of M*A*S*H, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Dr. Strangelove, Three Kings is one of the most seriously funny war movies ever made. Improving the premise of Kelly's Heroes 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 Spanking the Monkey and Flirting with Disaster), it's 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...
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We certainly know after Abu Gharib that wartime atrocities often occur because we cannot expect every soldier (American or otherwise) to operate by the book. We see that in this film with Americans killing a surrendering soldier and a steady stream of racist comments.
While George Clooney and company - Mark Wahlberg, Ice...
(complete Three Kings review by B Movie Ben)
Three Kings Movie Review by Zara  (3/14/2007) |
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The first movie to be made about Bush Sr's war, there is a degree of comedy, drama and action added in all at the same time, combined with a sense of good will.
While I've grown to be annoyed by George Clooney and his constant posturing about how he knows more about politics and the war than you do, but please! Don't ask...
(complete Three Kings review by Zara)
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