Reviewer's Rating 4 out of 5 Ìý User Rating 4 out of 5
Three Kings DVD (1999)

It's hard to imagine that a single detail on the production of "Three Kings" has been left out on the DVD release. There are so many extra features on this disc that you're in danger of forgetting that there's a film there as well.

Some of the added extras are a little dull but a video journal shot by director David O Russell on trying to get the green light to make "Three Kings" is quite interesting. Various other little nuggets like the tongue in cheek "An Intimate Look Inside the Acting Process with Ice Cube" is very amusing and the interview with the cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel sheds a lot of light on the veneer of the movie.

The grainy quality of the picture is not a symptom of the DVD but is the intended shooting style of the film. A bleaching process that retains all the unused silver in the film stock was used to give the movie a high contrast, grainy look, and this looks great on DVD.

The 5.1 sound mix will keep your amplifier busy throughout with plenty of pumping tunes, gunfire and tank fire.

Look out also for 'hidden nuggets' or easter eggs on the disc that reveal even more extra features. Fans of "Three Kings" will love this DVD. And that's a fact.

Chapters: 31
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Extra Features:Scene selection, documentary, director's commentary, producer's commentary, deleted scenes, director's video journal, set tour, director of photography interview, Ice Cube's acting process, Spike Jonze's stills gallery, hidden bunkers (TV spots etc), DVD ROM features including CNN Gulf War links, enhanced 'assmap' and original website. Multiple languages, subtitles, English for the hearing impaired.

End Credits

Director: David O Russell

Writer: David O Russell

Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Nora Dunn, Jamie Kennedy, Mykelti Williamson, Cliff Curtis, Said Taghmaoui

Genre: Action

Length: 111 minutes

Cinema: 1999

DVD: 18 September 2000

Country: USA