Three Kings (1999)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Oct 1, 1999
Running Time: 115 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United States
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Its the end of the Gulf War and the United States has just signed a ceasefire when four wise-cracking U.S. soldiers come across a potential jackpot: a rolled up treasure map to Saddam Hussein's stashes of confiscated gold hidden bewteen the buttocks of a captured soldier. Immediatedly a selfish plan is drawn up for the men to infiltrate the bunkers and share the jackpot of luxury cars, televisions, cell phones and gold bars found underneath the war torn desert -- that is until they collide with the Iraqi civilian population and experience a different side of the war.
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Major Archie Gates
Sargeant Troy Barlow
Staff Sargeant Chief Elgin
Private Conrad Vig
Adriana Cruz
Walter Wogaman
Colonel Horn
Amir Abdulah
Captain Said
Captain Van Meter
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The war movie has been a staple in world cinema since its inception. From D.W. Griffith's 1915 landmark "The Birth of a Nation" to Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam tour-de-force "Apocalypse Now" to Steven Spielberg's World War II epic "Saving Private Ryan," man's ability to destroy one another and all the consequences of those actions have made for some of the most compelling moments in the history of film.

That a firestorm of Gulf War pictures never made it to the cinema marketplace following the… Continued