The following link is to an article published in Flak magazine. The article is divided up into four different section each focusing on formalism, nationalism, and ideological analysis of particular aspects of the film. I have chosen the link which looks at the concept of shooting, violence and its meaning in the film. The author looks at a few key scenes, one of them being where Barlow is being tortured by the Iraqui's. The author suggests that while being tortured, idea of reducing the torture to oil was a reductionnist action by the Iraqi's due to the history behind oil.
Here are a few quotes
To reduce the argument solely to oil is reductionist, but the persuasiveness of this viewpoint must be considered when dealing with the Iraqi people. The Bush administration has done little to dissuade this view, which is why movies like Three Kings are essential to the public consciousness
In the language of Three Kings, how can American liberation be sincere when the country is being looted?
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