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This movie is by far one of the most accurate modern movies in their depiction of military details, despite an overall liberal slant in its script bias. Noteworthy is its willingness to condemn Republican President George H.W. Bush by name, whereas similar films like ''[[ | This movie is by far one of the most accurate modern movies in their depiction of military details, despite an overall liberal slant in its script bias. Noteworthy is its willingness to condemn Republican President George H.W. Bush by name, whereas similar films like ''[[Black Hawk Down]]'' re-wrote criticism of then President Clinton to blame generic 'Washington DC' bureaucrats. | ||
===Maj. Gates appearance=== | ===Maj. Gates appearance=== | ||
Revision as of 05:37, 21 March 2010
Three Kings is a 1999 war movie set during the waning days of the 1991 Gulf War. Three Army reservists, SFC Barlow (Mark Wahlberg), SSG "Chief" Elgin (Ice Cube), and PFC Vig (Spike Jonze), who, while searching Iraqi POW's, find a map of Iraqi bunkers that contain captured Kuwaiti gold. A retiring Special Forces Officer (George Clooney) gets wind of it and takes them on a search for the gold.
The following firearms were used in the film Three Kings:
M16A2 Assault Rifle
The M16A2 can be seen throughout the movie in use by the various US soldiers including SFC Barlow (Mark Wahlberg), SSG "Chief" Elgin (Ice Cube), and PFC Vig (Spike Jonze).
M727
Major Archie Gates (George Clooney), the former Delta Force Operator and now soon-to-be-retired Green Beret, is seen armed with an M727 in the film and in promotional pictures. This is accurate for a Special Forces soldier to carry.
Beretta 92FS
The Beretta 92FS can be seen throughout the movie as well. Used by SFC Troy Barlow (Mark Wahlberg), SSGT Chief Elgin (Ice Cube), PFC Conrad Vig (Spike Jonze), Maj. Gates (George Clooney) (which is strange because he should have a Colt 1911 because he’s Delta Force), as well as several other characters. When raiding the Karbala bunker, Chief pistol-whips an Iraqi soldier with his Beretta, causing him to accidentally fire the weapon since he had his finger on the trigger. The stray round thankfully doesn't harm anyone, Gates chastising him for his lack of firearm handling proficiency.
M60 Machine Gun
The M60 machine gun is seen mounted on top of the Humvee, and is fired a few times during the confrontation between the main characters and the Iraqi soldiers at the Karbala bunker. The same Humvee-mounted M60 machine gun struck the windscreen of a van driven by SFC Troy Barlow (Mark Wahlberg) after the Humvee ran over a land mine and exploded.
Thunder 5 Pistol
This is the peculiar-looking "big revolver" carried by PFC Conrad Vig (Spike Jonze). He uses it throughout the movie, but loses it when he is shot. Although it is not Army-issue, Vig receives the weapon inside a chocolate bunny from his parents. He specifically calls it a Thunder 5, shoots .410 shotgun shells and Colt .45 long.
M72 LAW
Conrad Vig can be seen pulling out an M72 LAW in the village when the Iraqi T-62 tank arrives. He later puts it away when Major Gates decides to leave.
Remington 870
A Remington 870 with a sawed-off barrel and stock can be seen in one of the flashback scenes where Conrad Vig is blasting away at objects arranged in a makeshift shooting range during his civilian life.
AKMSU Carbine
An AKMSU carbine can be seen in the hands of the Iraqi officer in the "moving of the gold" scene at the Karbala bunker. He is later shot in the leg with his own weapon during a struggle with Major Archie Gates (George Clooney), the incident leading to a shootout between the protagonists and the Iraqis.
Makarov PM pistol
The Makarov PM pistol can be seen being used by Iraqi Officers. Maj. Gates also disarms a soldier who was carrying one and later gives one to SFG Barlow (Mark Wahlberg) to execute his torturer, but he refuses and shoots a wall instead.
Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)
The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE) is seen being carried and fired by one of the Shiite refugees. If you watch this scene you will see the shiite refugee unload two cartridges while cycling the action of the rifle.
Browning M2
The Browning M2 is seen mounted on a UH-1 Huey Helicopter, which is strange, because the Huey’s usual weaponry is either a M60 or a Minigun.
Mauser Gewehr 98/ Mauser Karabiner 98k rifle
Many of the Shiite refugees are seen armed with Mauser 98 bolt-action rifles - both the Gewehr 98 rifle and the Karabiner 98k rifle. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a clear picture because of the crazy camera movements. The brother of the shiite refugee with the SMLE is armed with a k98k.
Mosin-Nagant
Many of the Shiite refugees and rebel Iraqi troops can be seen armed with Mosin-Nagant M91/30 rifles and M1944 carbines. Most notable in the scene where a child rebel uses a scoped version to shoot an Iraqi soldier shortly before the gas scene. He was then killed by the Iraqi T-62 tank in the village.
AKM
The AKM can be seen throughout the movie in use by Iraqi forces. After the accident, Maj. Gates, SSG Elgin, PFC Vig, and several other refugees use these weapons as well.
SKS
Amir (Cliff Curtis), a number of Shiite refugees and rebel Iraqi soldiers are seen armed with the Siminov SKS carbine.
RPK light machine gun
During the mission to rescue Barlow from the Iraqi's, one of the Iraqi's can be seen with an RPK light machine gun, which he discards when fleeing from the ruse of Saddam's arrival.
Type 69 anti-tank rocket launcher
The Type 69 anti-tank rocket launcher can be seen used by Iraqi soldiers in two scenes; first by a refugee to blow up a tanker truck full of milk at the Karbala bunker, then to destroy one of the cars in the convoy pretending to be "Saddam’s” entourage.
Nagant M1895 Revolver
An Iraqi officer points a vintage Nagant M1895 Revolver into Adriana Cruz’s (Nora Dunn) face to deter her from wanting her video tape back. The character of Cruz was a thinly veiled portrayal of real life journalist Christiane Amanpour.
Minigun
During the rescue, an Iraqi helicopter arrives, firing its minigun. SSG Elgin takes it down with a C4 Football.
C4 wrapped football
In a somewhat awesome move, Conrad Vig (Spike Jonze) tapes pieces of C4 to Nerf footballs. The first one angers Maj. Gates, but the next two impress them as one destroys a bunker and the second takes down the helicopter.
Clooney’s Finger
In a very rare Hollywood moment, Maj. Gates (George Clooney) explains what a bullet does, when it enters a human body. His finger, which he uses to point at SFG Barlow as a demonstration, seems to “shoot” a 9x19mm bullet. Gates explains penetrating abdominal trauma accurately; the abdomen has a number of organs with large blood supplies, and several which accommodate normally benign bacterial colonies that can become severe infections outside them.
Realism
This movie is by far one of the most accurate modern movies in their depiction of military details, despite an overall liberal slant in its script bias. Noteworthy is its willingness to condemn Republican President George H.W. Bush by name, whereas similar films like Black Hawk Down re-wrote criticism of then President Clinton to blame generic 'Washington DC' bureaucrats.
Maj. Gates appearance
Major Archie Gates (George Clooney) is a former Delta Force, now Special Forces officer. Also, his patches, skill tabs, and general appearance is exactly what a SF soldier would have. He uses a M723, which Delta uses, as seen in the film Black Hawk Down.
Maj. Gates hand to hand combat
Maj. Gates also uses the hand-to-hand combat that is taught to Special Forces as well, as seen here when he disarms an Iraqi soldier who has a knife.
Surrender Card
While it may look unusual, these are the real cards that U.S. soldiers released over Iraq during Operation: Desert Storm.
This Deleted Scene
In this deleted scene, the characters confront a fake bunker, but they spread out properly, using hand signals and tactics.
