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The opening sequence of “Three Kings” is black humor of the blackest kind. The first Persian Gulf War has officially just ended.
An American sergeant has his rifle aimed at an Iraqi soldier far off in the bone-dry desert. The Iraqi is waving a white flag
but he is also grasping a weapon.
“Are we shooting people what?” the sergeant asks his Army buddies. No one pays him any attention.
The sergeant fires. The Iraqi falls to the ground, blood gushing from the wound in his neck.
Close up of the confusion and terror in his eyes as death overtakes him. Pan to the American sergeant. On his face, a look of sheer disgust.
This is a movie that dares to criticize American's materialistic imperialism. This is a movie that also dares to suggest that war is
not inevitable, not an essential aspect of human nature.
Human beings, despite deep differences, can learn to respect and, yes, to love each other.
In any war, there is no good side, no bad side. That is the movie's ultimate message.
After seeing “Three Kings,” we can never see war in the same way again.
What makes “Three Kings” such great cinema, though, is that its ideas and message
come by way of great characters and an action-packed story of adventure and combat.
A cynical American army major and three of his underlings find a treasure map
stuffed up the rear end of a captured Iraqi soldier.
The map shows the location of a huge stash of gold bullion stolen from Kuwait
by Saddam Hussein's troops. The four Americans decide to go after the gold. They set out in a stolen military vehicle, expecting to have a easy time of it. “We won't have to fire a shot,” the major tells his men. But things don't go as planned.
The opening sequence of “Three Kings” is black humor of the blackest kind. The first Persian Gulf War has officially just ended.
An American sergeant has his rifle aimed at an Iraqi soldier far off in the bone-dry desert. The Iraqi is waving a white flag
but he is also grasping a weapon.
“Are we shooting people what?” the sergeant asks his Army buddies. No one pays him any attention.
The sergeant fires. The Iraqi falls to the ground, blood gushing from the wound in his neck.
Close up of the confusion and terror in his eyes as death overtakes him. Pan to the American sergeant. On his face, a look of sheer disgust.
This is a movie that dares to criticize American's materialistic imperialism. This is a movie that also dares to suggest that war is
not inevitable, not an essential aspect of human nature.
Human beings, despite deep differences, can learn to respect and, yes, to love each other.
In any war, there is no good side, no bad side. That is the movie's ultimate message.
After seeing “Three Kings,” we can never see war in the same way again.
What makes “Three Kings” such great cinema, though, is that its ideas and message
come by way of great characters and an action-packed story of adventure and combat.
A cynical American army major and three of his underlings find a treasure map
stuffed up the rear end of a captured Iraqi soldier.
The map shows the location of a huge stash of gold bullion stolen from Kuwait
by Saddam Hussein's troops. The four Americans decide to go after the gold. They set out in a stolen military vehicle, expecting to have a easy time of it. “We won't have to fire a shot,” the major tells his men. But things don't go as planned.
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