Three Kings(1999)
Movie that surprisingly holds up well. Not a fan of Clooney when he’s the “star”, but in ensemble casts he really shines. Most know of my giant man crush on Mark Wahlberg. There’s yet to be a movie of his I don’t like. And Ice Cube can be good…just not recently. Luckily this isn’t recently, and Clooney’s not the main man so in the end this movie gets a silver star, 3 out of 5 stars, a thumb’s up, a this movie is so totally worth a rental. It’s set during the first Gulf War. The three aforementioned actors are determined to steal a huge cache of stolen Kuwaiti gold reputed to be hidden somewhere near their desert base, the three men find a map in a captured Iraqi’s ass, an “ass map” if you will, they believe will take them to the treasure. Of course it doesn’t go according to the plan and lives are changed. Has some comedy, but overall more of an action drama. Really liked the scene with Mark Wahlberg and the Iraqi interrogator. So check it out if you hadn’t already.