The Gulf war is over - let the party begin. Saddam's army in Iraq has been annihilated, and US ground troops think it's high time to enjoy life a little. With celebrations in full flow, Special Forces veteran Major Archie Gates (George Clooney) has other things in mind: a captured Iraqi map revealing the location of millions of dollars of stolen Kuwaiti gold. With a motley band of soldiers in tow, including Troy (Mark Wahlberg), Conrad (Spike Jonze) and Sergeant Elgin (Ice Cube), Gates heads into the desert, and straight into the heart of desperate civil war. One misadventure leads to another, alternating between the grim reality of torture and dark humour, until the four soldiers' mission changes becoming an action-packed adventure you'll never forget. Synopsis While high-tech U.S. specialists fought, career soldier Archie Gates marked time in his Gulf War base camp. But now it’s time for action. Gates and three other restless Americans decide to raid a bunker holding a stash of gold stolen by the Iraqi army. Get in, get out, get rich, be back in time for lunch: the plan couldn’t be easier. George Clooney portrays Gates, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube and Spike Jonze are his fellow commandos and Nora Dunn plays an ambitious TV newswoman in this acclaimed film that by turns is a war movie, an antiwar movie, a surreal comedy and a powerful drama of human compassion – all written and directed with exhilarating style by David O. Russell . From start to finish, “Three Kings rules” (Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today).