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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   16,626 votes
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Director:
William Friedkin
Writers (WGA):
James Webb (story)
Stephen Gaghan (screenplay)
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Release Date:
31 March 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Thriller 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:
A good ride, good actors, some flaws. more

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
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:
Factual errors: The Court-Martial board had several Lieutenant Colonels sitting on it. Since Childers is a Full Colonel, all of the members should have been equal or higher rank according to the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice). more
Quotes:
Colonel Terry L. Childers: Waste those motherf*ckers. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Will & Grace: Rules of Engagement (#4.6)" (2001) more
Soundtrack:
On the Threshold of Liberty more

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31 out of 44 people found the following comment useful:-
A good ride, good actors, some flaws., 1 February 2001
8/10
Author: Dr. Henry S. Itkin (henryitkin@lvcm.com) from Nevada, USA

Last week, as I considered ordering this DVD, I checked the IMDB rating and saw a "fair" 6.5. Since I like Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson, I placed the order. Like most roller coasters, I found it to be a good ride and Jones and Jackson did very credible jobs. The flaws in the movie have been correctly pointed out by numerous other reviewers. I was somewhat surprised that some of the most critical reviews were by US viewers. I fully understand how non-US citizens would be irritated by the stereotypes. I found it to be a very exciting movie from my particular perspective (US citizen, military family, male over 45). The scenes of combat when the marines are ordered to the US embassy in Yemen to safeguard our state department personnel were VERY well done, even to the point of gripping. The court scenes and conflicts of evidence or lack of evidence were interesting to me and I also understood, but did not agree with, the aims of the State Department. I don't think some of the reviewers are aware of what a person might do in such an extremely stressful situation as that of Colonel Childers (Jackson). It was fascinating to me to see what he did do and how he and others looked back on it. I would have given Rules of Engagement a 9 or 10, but for the flaws. It's a good movie though and well worth renting. It's an 8.

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