The movie Three Kings takes place during the Iraqi uprising against Saddam that follows the First Gulf War. The four main characters are Troy Barlow, Conrad Vig, Chief Elgin, and Archie Gates. To start the events Troy and Conrad find a map which they show to chief Elgin. Archie then looks at the map and convinces the others that it shows where the Kuwait gold the Iraq stole is located. The next day they set out for this gold. With the ceasefire that was ordered from President Bush they manage to take the bunker without shots being fired. They find the gold among with many other objects that were taken from Kuwait. At the bunker there is an Iraqi rebel leader being interrogated. His wife who is pleading for help then gets shot. Archie decides that he and the others have to help this man and the other people. They then violate the ceasefire as they rescue some prisoners and leave the area just as Iraqi reinforcements arrive. The Iraqis then attempt to gas the Americans and the prisoners while they are driving away through a minefield. The Americans are separated and Troy is then captured by the Iraqi Republican Guard while the rest are saved by a group of rebels. The rebels help them save the gold too. The Americans agree to help the Iraqis get the Iranian border once they save Troy. Troy had been taken back to the bunker to be tortured and interrogated. He manages to call his wife while he is there and gives her his position to send the American army. The other three Americans and the rebels find cars and pretend to be an angry Saddam and his army to scare the bunkers guards away. There they manage to save Troy but he and Conrad are both shot outside of the bunker. Troy survives but Conrad does not. Archie then manages to radio another American from the army for transport and the reporter Adriana. However, the American army arrives as the three men are helping get the Iraqi rebels cross the Iranian border. They end up having to show the American army the gold so that they will allow them to help the Iraqi rebels through. The soldiers then end up not getting charged due to Adriana’s reporting. The three Americans then make it home safely and, perhaps with the help of the gold, live a good life.
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