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Rules of Engagement (2000)

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User Rating: 6.2/10 (14,199 votes)
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Overview

Director:
William Friedkin
Writers (WGA):
James Webb (story)
Stephen Gaghan (screenplay)
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
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
moronic militaristic propaganda more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Règles d'engagement, Les (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
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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: When Hodge is talking to his father in the garage, he screws a wing nut down on the air cleaner of the antique truck twice between shots. 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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29 out of 57 people found the following comment useful:-
moronic militaristic propaganda, 13 December 2000
1/10
Author: bobbie-12 from chicago

Big missed opportunity: This could have been an intelligent movie about the fine line between self-defense and murder, the ambiguity in perception and judgement faced by people in dangerous situations(real life example: A Chicago police officer killed a woman who made a false move with a metallic object in her hand--it turned out to be a lock, not a weapon. Was the policewoman guilty of murder? Would we have done the same in her situation?) Instead the director turned this into jingoistic drivel. The portrayal of Arabs/Muslims is a really offensive stereotype: Gun-totin, rock-throwin, jihad-lovin, towel-head fanatics, every last one of them, man, woman, and child. Most disturbing thing about it:

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