Rules of Engagement

2000 Drama

In this drama, two U.S. Marines who stood side by side on the field of battle are reunited in a court of law. Attorney Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) once aspired to a career as an officer, but a serious injury in Vietnam put an end to his military future, leaving him bitter and resentful. Col. Terry L. Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) fought alongside Hodges and once saved his life; when Childers is threatened with a court martial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians during a raid on an American embassy, Hodges is the only lawyer that he can trust, and the case gives Hodges a chance for revenge against the military system that he feels has wronged him. Rules of Engagement also features Kim Delaney, Ben Kingsley, Blair Underwood, and Anne Archer.

Director: William Friedkin

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Kingsley,Blair Underwood, Anne Archer

 30 Reviews  3 Awards

Reviews

  • The drama ultimately retreats to safer, duller, more illogical, and more reactionary impulses and stereotypes.

    Lisa Schwarzbaum - Entertainment Weekly

    27 April 2013

  • But the single most compelling performance may belong to Australian actor Guy Pearce.

    Bob Graham - The San Francisco Chronicle

    27 April 2013

  • Friedkin turns on the juice and Jones and Jackson let it rip.

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    27 April 2013

  • Works splendidly as a courtroom thriller about military values as long as you don't expect it to seriously consider those values.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    27 April 2013

  • As mechanical and predictable as a cuckoo clock, it shouldn't work half as well as it does.

    Jonathan Foreman - New York Post

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Actor

    BET Awards (2001)

     

  • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

    Image Awards (2001)

  • Best Stunt Coordinator and/or 2nd Unit Director: Action Sequence

    World Stunt Awards (2001)

     

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