Three Kings (1999)
Actors:
Jose Rosete (actor),
Golan Ramras (actor),
Doug Jones (actor),
Ice Cube (actor),
Jamie Kennedy (actor),
Joey Naber (actor),
Cliff Curtis (actor),
Pete Antico (actor),
Pete Antico (actor),
Sayed Badreya (actor),
Jim Gaffigan (actor),
Spike Jonze (actor),
George Clooney (actor),
Saïd Taghmaoui (actor),
David O. Russell (actor),
Plot: A small group of adventurous American soldiers in Iraq at the end of the Gulf War are determined to steal a huge cache of gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base. Finding a map they believe will take them to the gold, they embark on a journey that leads to unexpected discoveries, enabling them to rise to a heroic challenge that drastically changes their lives.
Keywords: 1990s, advisor, anti-war, bar, bare-butt, black-comedy, black-white-relations, blood, blood-spatter, bluff
Genres:
Action,
Adventure,
Comedy,
Drama,
War,
Taglines: In a war without heroes they are kings They're deserters, rebels and thieves but in the nicest way It's good to be kings
Quotes:
Archie Gates: What's the most important thing in life?::Troy Barlow: Respect.::Archie Gates: Too dependent on other people.::Conrad Vig: What, love?::Archie Gates: A little Disneyland, isn't it?::Chief Elgin: God's will.::Archie Gates: Close.::Troy Barlow: What is it then?::Archie Gates: Necessity.::Troy Barlow: As in?::Archie Gates: As in people do what is most necessary to them at any given moment.
[Walter's wearing night-vision goggles in broad daylight]::Troy Barlow: Hey, would you take those fucking things off?::Walter: I never got to use night-vision.::Troy Barlow: They do not work during the day!::Walter: Yeah, they kinda work.
Archie Gates: Bush told the people to rise up against Saddam. They thought they'd have our support. They don't. Now they're getting slaughtered.
Archie Gates: No unnecessary shots, Conrad, 'cause we know what they do.::Conrad Vig: Make infected pockets full of bile, sir.::Archie Gates: That's right, Conrad, that's what they do.
Archie Gates: You're scared, right?::Conrad Vig: Maybe.::Archie Gates: The way it works is, you do the thing you're scared shitless of, and you get the courage AFTER you do it, not before you do it.::Conrad Vig: That's a dumbass way to work. It should be the other way around.::Archie Gates: I know. That's the way it works.
Archie Gates: Sit down. What do you see here?::Chief Elgin: Bunkers, sir.::Archie Gates: What's in them?::Troy Barlow: Stuff they stole from Kuwait.::Archie Gates: Bullshit. I'm talking about millions in Kuwaiti bullion.::Conrad Vig: You mean them little cubes you put in hot water to make soup?::Archie Gates: No, not the little cubes you put in hot water to make soup.
[first lines]::Troy Barlow: Are we shooting?::Soldier: What?::Troy Barlow: Are we shootin' people or what?::Soldier: Are we shooting?::Troy Barlow: That's what I'm asking you!::Soldier: What's the answer?::Troy Barlow: I don't know the answer! That's what I'm trying to find out!
Troy Barlow: I'm gonna buy a set of Lexus convertibles in every color.::Chief Elgin: I told you, Lexus don't make a convertible.::Troy Barlow: I'll bet you a Lexus they do.::Chief Elgin: Alright, but it won't be a convertible.
Troy Barlow: Walter, just stand outside so Chief can translate my Iraqi ass map... okay?
Archie Gates: Any questions?::Conrad Vig: Yeah, is it true to be special forces, you gotta cut off an enemy's ear?::Archie Gates: [to Troy Barlow] Are you able to control him?::Troy Barlow: Yes, sir. He'll be fine, I promise.