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Rules of Engagement (2000) 6.2
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6.2/10 from 28,635 users
Metascore: 45/100
Reviews: 261 user | 118 critic | 31 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:William Friedkin |
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| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | ||
| Guy Pearce | ... | ||
| Ben Kingsley | ... | ||
| Bruce Greenwood | ... | ||
| Anne Archer | ... |
Mrs. Mourain
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| Blair Underwood | ... | ||
| Philip Baker Hall | ... |
Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges
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| Dale Dye | ... |
Gen. Perry
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Dr. Ahmar
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| Mark Feuerstein | ... |
Tom Chandler
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Judge Col. E. Warner
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Baoan Coleman | ... |
Col. Binh Le Cao
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| Nicky Katt | ... |
Hayes Hodges III
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| Ryan Hurst | ... |
Capt. Hustings
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Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam combat. He then returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead. Hodges in no position to decline: Childers heroically saved his life back in Vietnam. Written by Ronos
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A hero should never have to stand alone.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for scenes of war violence, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
31 March 2000 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A bevetés szabályai See more »Filming Locations:
Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$60,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£356,655 (UK) (11 August 2000)Gross:
ESP 116,150,585 (Spain) (29 June 2001)Company Credits
Production Co:
Paramount Pictures, Seven Arts Productions, Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) ROE Production See more »
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Colonel Hayes Hodges: [presenting a photo of the embassy to juries] That is sovereign United States territory as much as if it were in Ohio or Maryland. Colonel Childers didn't volunteer to go over there, he was ordered to go over there because he was the best man for the job. We armed him, we trained him, we sent him over there to risk his life to save other Americans and then ask him not to return fire? There are over three hundred bullet holes in this building. Colonel Childers ...
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by Mark Isham
Contains a sample performed by Mark Isham
Courtesy of The Windham Hill Group
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During the courtroom scenes the bruises on Col. Childers' face from his fight with Col. Hodges move around. For example, when the verdict is read Col. Childers has a crescent shaped bruise under his eye and a cut or split in his lip. However, when he emerges from the courtroom following the verdict, the crescent shaped bruise is gone and there is no noticeable injury to his lip. See more »Quotes
Colonel Hayes Hodges: [final arguments of the defense]Colonel Hayes Hodges: [presenting a photo of the embassy to juries] That is sovereign United States territory as much as if it were in Ohio or Maryland. Colonel Childers didn't volunteer to go over there, he was ordered to go over there because he was the best man for the job. We armed him, we trained him, we sent him over there to risk his life to save other Americans and then ask him not to return fire? There are over three hundred bullet holes in this building. Colonel Childers ...
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Referenced in IMDb's 20th Anniversary Star of the Day: Blair Underwood (2010) See more »Soundtracks
"On the Threshold of Liberty"by Mark Isham
Contains a sample performed by Mark Isham
Courtesy of The Windham Hill Group
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Headed by two unnerving performances, this film takes us on a journey through the gray area that is our military morality today. We live in a society insulated from realistic depictions of war. We get censored CNN and FOX news. We rarely get anything insightful, so it is a pleasure to have HOLLYWOOD offer up one of the most moving anti-military films in the past ten years. While the courtroom drama is by all means standard, the most unique attention is paid to the changing perception of TLJ's character. In his journy to defend, he comes to an all too real understanding of a culture whose leaders have no problem sending our boys to die, yet they themselves are either ignorant of the reality, or to politically motivated to be moved by it. In conclusion, this is an alienating film because it presents an alien culture that lives by its own moral code. That alien culture isn't middle eastern... it is our own military.
One more point; Watching this film post 911 gives it an all too creepy reality.