David O. Russel (Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle) is one of those directors who the more you dig into his past, the more you are rewarded. I Heart Huckabees is a great example of this, as is The Fighter (both are must-watch if you haven't seen them). But it is Three Kings that truly presented him as someone who can give great substance to big-budget movies. It stars George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, and even director Spike Jonze (Her, Adaptation), in other words, a festival of talent at its peak. And it follows three soldiers who want use the end of the Gulf War as an opportunity to get rich. Their journey through a devastated and uncertain Iraq is a thrilling one, as Three Kings is action-packed. But the purpose of this movie lies somewhere between political satire around American interventionism and social criticism of the main characters. However, none of that stands in the way of this movie being an entertaining and exhilarating movie.
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Actor: Al Whiting, Ali Afshar, Alia Shawkat, Anthony Batarse, Brian Bosworth, Christopher B. Duncan, Cliff Curtis, David O. Russell, Doug Jones, Dylan Brown, George Clooney, Holt McCallany, Ice Cube, Jamie Kennedy, Jay Giannone, Jim Gaffigan, Joey Naber, Jon Sklaroff, Joseph Romanov, Judy Greer, Liz Stauber, Mark Wahlberg, Mykelti Williamson, Nora Dunn, Peter Macdissi, Qaid Al-Nomani, Rick Shuster, SaÁ¯d Taghmaoui, Saïd Taghmaoui, Salah Salea, Sayed Badreya, Shawn Pilot, Spike Jonze, Tank Jones, Tony Shawkat
Director: David O. Russell
Rating: R
