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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   17,242 votes
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Director:

William Friedkin

Writers (WGA):

James Webb (story)
Stephen Gaghan (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

31 March 2000 (USA) more

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller | War more

Tagline:

A hero should never have to stand alone.

Plot:

An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a third world country. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination more

User Comments:

Not as good as "A Few Good Men" but well worth watching more (254 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tommy Lee Jones ... Col. Hayes 'Hodge' Hodges

Samuel L. Jackson ... Col. Terry L. Childers

Guy Pearce ... Maj. Mark Biggs

Ben Kingsley ... Ambassador Mourain

Bruce Greenwood ... National Security Advisor Bill Sokal

Anne Archer ... Mrs. Mourain

Blair Underwood ... Capt. Lee

Philip Baker Hall ... Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges

Dale Dye ... Gen. Perry
Amidou ... Dr. Ahmar

Mark Feuerstein ... Tom Chandler

Richard McGonagle ... Judge Col. E. Warner
Baoan Coleman ... Col. Binh Le Cao

Nicky Katt ... Hayes Hodges III
Ryan Hurst ... Capt. Hustings
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Les règles d'engagement (Canada: French title)
Rules - Sekunden der Entscheidung (Germany)
Rules of Engagement - Die Regeln des Krieges (Germany) (TV title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for scenes of war violence, and for language.

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

USA | Canada | UK | Germany

Language:

English | Arabic

Color:

Color (CFI)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Alexandria, Virginia, USA more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

When Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) returns to the bombed-out embassy, there is a picture of then Vice President Al Gore on the charred wall. Gore and Jones were roommates at Harvard. more

Goofs:

Continuity: As Col. Childers gets out of his car to confront a man who spits on his uniform, many people in the crowd of reporters move positions between shots and a large boom microphone appears overhead. more

Quotes:

Colonel Hayes Hodges: If this gets bad, it gets bad for both of us.
Colonel Terry L. Childers: Why, Hodge? Are you going to jail too?
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Movie Connections:

Featured in Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006) (V) more

Soundtrack:

On the Threshold of Liberty more


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22 out of 34 people found the following comment useful.
Not as good as "A Few Good Men" but well worth watching, 14 November 2000
7/10
Author: loubob from Fort Worth, TX

This is a military court martial movie with a few similarities to A Few Good Men. It did not have as much suspense, but overall it was still quite good. I thought the situation in Yemen made it very applicable to current day problems in Arab-American relations. The movie was released before the USS Cole attack, which reinforces the possibility of the event in question in the court-martial. I don't think the massacre that occurred would have been quite so bloody in a real world situation though.

The performances of Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson and Guy Pearce were very good. Probably no Oscars here, but well worth watching.

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