Three Kings (1999 film)

Three Kings is a 1999 satirical black comedy war film written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley about a gold heist that takes place during the 1991 Iraqi uprising against Saddam Hussein following the end of the Persian Gulf War. The film stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and Spike Jonze.

Around the corner, Major Archie Gates George Clooney, a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier, is trading sex for stories with a journalist, Cathy Daitch Judy Greer when he is interrupted by Adriana Cruz Nora Dunn, the television reporter he is assigned to escort. They are all bored since the war has ended and Archie is lectured when he expresses frustration with the mission and his cushy assignment, but grudgingly agrees to go along for the time being.The next day Troy and his unit disarm and search surrendering Iraqi soldiers, and while forcibly subduing a resisting Iraqi officer they find a document between his buttock cheeks. It appears to be a map, and Troy decides not to tell his commanding officer, instead asking Chief Elgin for help translating his Iraqi ass map as Vig looks on. Walter is guarding the tent when Major Gates appears, after tracking down a lead from Adriana. Archie convinces them that the document is a map of bunkers near Karbala, containing gold bullion stolen from Kuwait. They decide to steal the gold, prompting Vig to improvise an adaptation of the carol We Three Kings. ........

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