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Today's movie is a complete package, laughter, scares, upset and tears.

David O. Russell's

Three Kings (1999)

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, others. And some actual Iraqis.

This is about the first Iraq war. The one that lasted for 6 days or whatever. Then we found it wasn't.

Three guys about to be separated from the Army hear about some place where they are hiding Kuwaiti gold, Saddam's guys.

A plot thickens and they decide to go after it. A piece of it.

They stumble into a rebel group still trying to overthrow Saddam.

Things go awry. And awry. And awry.

This is a great movie. Third time through it, maybe 4. That makes it a Netflix5 out of 5.

There is so much going on here that nothing is spoiled by reviewing it. New things emerge.

I use the subtitles which are quite well done (not for the hearing impaired) because the jokes come so fast and furious as well as the plot thickening that it deserves to be understood completely.

Labels: films