This is a reasonably passable war movie, but the war is over. Our boys find out where there is a big load of Kuwaiti gold, and decide instantaneously to steal it. The plotters immediately accept Clooney as their leader; Because he's an officer!
We are then taken on a whirlwind adventure in which no one is the enemy and everyone is the enemy. Some excellently filmed action scenes ensue in which everyone fights everyone.
Spoiler Alert!
The letdown of an ending finds that the nobility of human nature overcomes its greed. Yeah, right!
Where are the Three Kings? Who knows. We can count four, or maybe five. Possibly six, or maybe 150. But not Three! This movie asks us to accept some incredible stretches. And then when we do, it gives us pap and pablum.
None of the characters capture our interest, as none are even slightly developed. We therefore must take everyone at face value, so they all come off as cardboard cut-outs in well-filmed and well-choreographed debacle. The movie ends and we say, "Huh?".
Two thumbs sideways!!
We are then taken on a whirlwind adventure in which no one is the enemy and everyone is the enemy. Some excellently filmed action scenes ensue in which everyone fights everyone.
Spoiler Alert!
The letdown of an ending finds that the nobility of human nature overcomes its greed. Yeah, right!
Where are the Three Kings? Who knows. We can count four, or maybe five. Possibly six, or maybe 150. But not Three! This movie asks us to accept some incredible stretches. And then when we do, it gives us pap and pablum.
None of the characters capture our interest, as none are even slightly developed. We therefore must take everyone at face value, so they all come off as cardboard cut-outs in well-filmed and well-choreographed debacle. The movie ends and we say, "Huh?".
Two thumbs sideways!!