Three kings is a satirical war film based on a gold heist that takes place during the 1991 Iraqi uprising against Saddam Hussein following the end of the first Gulf War. At the beginning of the film the Iraqi Army soldiers are surrendering to U.S. troops. Troy and his unit diarm and strip-search the Iraqi soldiers. They come across a Map tucked between a man's buttock cheeks. Troy decides not to tell his commanding officer, and Archie convinces Troy the map is of Saddam's bunkers, filled with gold from Kuwait. They decide to steal this gold. As they are on there way out of the bunker with the gold they as a man's wife pleads with them not to abandon the anti-Saddam dissidents, but the she gets shot anyway. Archie decides they cant leave because of this. He wants to help and he starts firing of the Iraqi Republican Guard. They free a group of Iraqi prisoners, including the dissident rebel leader, violating the ceasefire and triggering a firefight. the Americans blunder into a minefield and get separated. Iraqi. Iraqi soldiers capture Troy and a group of rebels rescue the remaining Americans and take them to their underground hideout, retrieving the bags containing the gold as they go. There they make a deal with the rebels to help their families reach the Iranian border, after they rescue Troy. They rescue troy but in the process one their friends dies. anyway they get the Iraqis back to board but must forfeit there gold as a sacrifice.
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