Rules of Engagement

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Overview

Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson deliver electrifying performances in this "tense, superbly-directed and top-drawer drama"* about what happens when the rules that command a soldier become the rules that condemn him. Colonel Terry Childers (Jackson) is a patriot and war hero. But when a peacekeeping mission he leads in Yemen goes terribly wrong, he finds himself facing a court martial. Accused of breaking the rules of engagement by killing unarmed civilians, Childers' only hope of vindication rests with comrade-in-arms Hays Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones), a military lawyer of questionable abilities. Together, they face the battle of their lives. Directed by Oscar®-winning director William Friedkin and co-starring Guy Pearce, Bruce Greenwood, Anne Archer and Academy Award®-winner Ben Kingsley, Rules of Engagement is "a magnificent movie you must see". ** *Jeffrey Lyons, NBC-TV **Larry King, USA Today.

Movie Details

Genre: Action,Adventure

Release Date: 2000

Rating: 15 ( BBFC )

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Cast: Tommy Lee Jones (Col. Hayes Hodges), Samuel L. Jackson (Col. Terry L. Childers), Guy Pearce (Maj. Mark Biggs), Bruce Greenwood (William Sokal), Blair Underwood (Capt. Lee), Philip Baker Hall (Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges), Anne Archer (Mrs. Mourain), Ben Kingsley (Ambassador Mourain), Mark Feuerstein (Capt. Tom Chandler), Dale Dye (Gen. Perry)

Purchase Options: Available for Purchase (SD)