Three Kings (1999)
- Information at Internet
Movie Database
- Roger
Ebert Review, Chicago Sun Times
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Cinema in Focus,
a social and spiritual commentary by Hal Conklin and Denny Wayman.
- Movie
Parables Review
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Looking Closer, review by Jeffrey Overstreet, "searching for truth, beauty
and meaning in the movies."
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"Three Kings:
Every Bullet Counts," Steve Lansingh, TheFilmForum:
Christian Conversation about the Movies.
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Review, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Health -
Spiritual Practices for Human Being.
- Themes
- Clean/Unclean
- The American soldiers learn to see Arabs/Iraqis as
people instead of as stereotypes.
- Conversion, Freedom, Sacrifice
- The American soldiers are converted from their
greed to become people who are willing to sacrifice their own
freedom for the freedom of others. Through this sacrifice, they
understand true freedom.
- Courage
- Scene where Archie tells Troy that the deed comes
first - the courage follows.
- Greed
- The American soldiers are originally willing to
overlook atrocities, and to compromise the entire American mission
in order to satisfy their greed.
- Institutional Evil
- The war machine grinds on after the war has ended.
Kuwait may have been freed, but Iraqi rebels are tortured and
killed, depending upon an American army which pulls out, having
accomplished its task.
- Journey
- The journey to get the gold (greed) becomes a
conversion journey to buy the salvation of others.
- Redemption/Salvation
- Iraqi rebels and American soldiers save each other.
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