Yeah Im calling this a heist movie. Any movie where hidden, 24 carat bricks get stolen by a rag tag group of loveable scumbags qualifies as such. Its got a plot scene, a heist scene, George Clooney and possibly the cleverest opening line in movie history. So it counts. Three Kings also gave the world the gift that is the phrase Iraqi Ass Map, which is just about as good as it gets. Set in the first Gulf War, Three Kings is what would have happened if the Coen Brothers remade M*A*S*H. Clooney, Cube and Wahlberg are the three wise guys of a bored American battalion who decide to forcibly liberate some of Saddams secret bullion with the standard bravado and machismo that weve come to expect from the protectors of the free world. Unfortunately the proverbial sandstorm hits the fan and Three Kings becomes a damning satire on US foreign policy as the notion of taking something that isnt yours becomes all too self-evident.
