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Rules of Engagement (2000)
6.4 Rating
128 min
An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.
An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.
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.
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Release: Apr 07, 2000
Director: William Friedkin
Production: Paramount Pictures, Seven Arts Productions, Munich Film Partners & Company, ROE Production
Cast:
Tommy Lee Jones as Col. Hayes Lawrence "Hodge" Hodges II, Samuel L. Jackson as Col. Terry L. Childers, Guy Pearce as Maj. Mark Biggs, Ben Kingsley as Ambassador Mourain, Bruce Greenwood as National Security Advisor Bill Sokal, Anne Archer, Blair Underwood, Philip Baker Hall, Dale Dye, Amidou, Mark Feuerstein, Nicky Katt, Ryan Hurst