Three Kings (2000)

David O. Russell directs this war film set in 1991 at the end of the first Gulf War, but it’s not up to his usual high standards.

George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg are more than passable as jaded American soldiers. Ice Cube is merely OK as part of their team going on a mission to retrieve stolen gold. 

It’s an interesting but uneasy balance of comedy, history and violence. The tone is all over the place and it doesn’t always work. It’s gritty without being believable, and it’s silly without being especially funny.

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