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Rules of Engagement
2000
Suspense/Thriller
2h 8m
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. (imdb)
Directed by:
William FriedkinRules of Engagement
2000
Suspense/Thriller
2h 8m
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Rated 20 Mar 2009
0
0th
What is more important? Pride of Vietnam veteran or lives of innocent women and children? This film gives a straight answer, but goes even further: there is no such thing as innocent MUSLIM woman, child, dog, etc. All Muslim children are given AK47 at the birth, right? They learn to shoot at age, say, one. Right? What is the moral of the story? Every Muslim have to be killed. Some kind of collective guilt. God bless motherfucking America.
Rated 20 Mar 2009
Rated 28 Jun 2015
51
6th
You ever put your soda back in the fridge with the cap not on tight enough, and then forget about it for a few days, and then see it again and feel elated to get to enjoy more of that soda, only to drink it and find out all the carbonation is gone? That's what it's like watching this movie. It's flat.
Rated 28 Jun 2015
Rated 07 Apr 2015
55
65th
Very unconvincing ending - any jury with that evidence would not have done what this film says. It really needed a revelation or aha moment to change it- and that did not happen. Good acting overshadowed by glaring plot hole.
Rated 07 Apr 2015
Rated 11 Aug 2014
75
30th
Friedkin is clearly fascinated by the story's oft-debated use of xenophobia to reinforce its legal arguments, but in his effort to play ping-pong with the audience's complacent prejudices, his star-filled but static film works at troubling cross-purposes with itself. Still, here is a movie that's taken some bullets in the name of an attempt to objectively contemplate the use of force by the American military.
Rated 11 Aug 2014
Rated 08 Apr 2014
60
20th
A poor man's 'a few good men' with some war scenes thrown in. Samuel L Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones are decent as is Bruce greenwood as the villain. it's entertaining even if a bit predictable.
Rated 08 Apr 2014
Rated 24 Feb 2014
50
41st
prosecuting lawyer saves the film, just...
Rated 24 Feb 2014
Rated 26 Oct 2011
31
22nd
Not offensively awful, but incredibly uninspired. You'll forget about it five minutes after it's finished.
Rated 26 Oct 2011
Rated 14 Mar 2011
50
35th
Passes the time.
Rated 14 Mar 2011
Rated 21 Sep 2010
62
30th
A Few Good Men Lite? So so, as usually Jones and Jackson are watchable even in mediocre fare.
Rated 21 Sep 2010
Rated 08 Feb 2010
60
47th
Not bad but kind of routine. I'm not ready to give up on William Friedkin yet, but it's a little sad to see him working on potboilers like this
Rated 08 Feb 2010
Rated 18 Jan 2010
9
3rd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPGyt3ZDv2Y
Rated 18 Jan 2010
Rated 13 Oct 2009
31
40th
Good defense of a heroic soldier who did what he must and had nothing of which to be ashamed. Some what of a slow plot,but okay.
Rated 13 Oct 2009
Rated 09 Sep 2009
50
12th
Being an ex-Marine all I could do was sit there and nit-pick. From magical helicopters that change configuration seemingly in mid-air, to horrible inconsistencies with the uniforms, to being able to have a conversation in an operating Huey without using headphones and the intercabin communication system, to gross insubordination displayed throughout, I can go on and on.....dear God, this movie annoyed me! I had such high hopes, too.
Rated 09 Sep 2009
Rated 31 Jul 2009
60
20th
I know I saw it. Don't remember it. Must be amazing.
Rated 31 Jul 2009
Rated 15 Jul 2008
78
12th
thrilling and intense.
Rated 15 Jul 2008
Rated 08 Mar 2008
40
25th
Far more interesting & engaging than i had expected, in part due to the flashbacks & bloody action scenes. A couple great Samuel riled up scenes & some slow stuff round out the picture. Since it's really a straight ahead picture, it doesn't ask any hard questions.
Rated 08 Mar 2008
Rated 08 Mar 2008
69
15th
This is a highly predictable film. It's also an extremely poorly edited film. Jackson and Jones do not save this movie - not even close.
Rated 08 Mar 2008
Rated 26 Oct 2007
73
44th
This was a pretty good movie that never quite pulled off its suspense angle the way it could have.
Rated 26 Oct 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
73rd
Decent war film combined with a legal story.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
21st
The courtroom stuff is by the numbers but William Friedkin shows his flair with action sequences.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
57
35th
It's a decent more but nothing more. Another "good guy framed for something he didn't really do" movie. Personally I'm just tired of that same plot used over and over. Disappointing as Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones are both capable of so much more.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
3
28th
Has a Few Good Men feel to it, but weaker. I guess it's kind of cool that the screenwriter is a US Senator now though.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 26 Jan 2007
90
86th
I'm biased toward Samuel L. Jackson, so it might not really be a 90, but I like it. It's sort of a homeless man's "A Few Good Men." The best scene is when Samuel L. Jackson is on the stand. "Are these the mother fuckers?" "YES!!!"
Rated 26 Jan 2007
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