Rules of Engagement (2000)
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Product Details: Rules of Engagement (2000)
- Edition:
- DVD Special Edition; Sensormatic. See other editions
- MPAA Rating:
- R
- Release Date:
- 10/17/2000
- UPC:
- 097363321729
- Directed by:
- William Friedkin
- Featuring:
- Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce. See all cast
Synopsis: Rules of Engagement (2000)
Synopis: When the U.S. Embassy in Yemen is surrounded by a large crowd of demonstrators, Col. Terry Childers, USMC, is ordered to lead a squadron of Marines to bolster security at the embassy. He has orders to evacuate the ambassador and his family if the situation turns violent. A few short hours after Childers launches his mission, the ambassador's safety is secured, but three of Childers' men are dead, along with more than the 80 Yemeni men, women and children killed by Marine gunfire. Childers now faces a court-martial for violating the rules of engagement by killing unarmed civilians. He denies the charge, contending the protesters were armed and had opened fire on the Embassy. But it appears that the government has made the colonel the fall guy for an ugly diplomatic crisis: the men who could have testified on his behalf have been killed in action, one of the witnesses seems to be lying, and the President's National Security Adviser destroys evidence that might help Childers' case. Childers refuses to go down quietly and turns to his longtime friend, Hays Hodges, to defend him.Features: Rules of Engagement (2000)
Features: DVD Features:Region 1
Keep Case
Sensormatic
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital Surround - English
Dolby Digital Surround - French
Additional Release Materials:
Audio Commentary - 1. William Friedkin - Director
Interviews - 1. Cast & Crew
Featurette - 1. 23 min
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
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User Reviews: Rules of Engagement
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overall kind of weak
, July 29, 2002Reviewer: Nick Saali - See all Nick Saali's reviews -
I liked it
, April 2, 2001Reviewer: Amy Means - See all Amy Means's reviewsThe ending was a little predictable, but I liked the courtroom drama and emotion. Great flick.
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Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Kingsley
Director: William Friedkin
Producers: Richard D Zanuck, Scott Rudin
Writer: Stephen Gaghan
Distributor: Paramount
Plot: The U.S. embassy in Yemen is stormed by anti-American protesters, Marine Colonel Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) rescues Ambassador Mourain (Ben Kingsley) from the explosive siege, and under fire from snipers within the crowd, he orders his men to return fire, resulting in many civilian casualties. The U.S. government court-martials Childers for violating the Marine's "rules of engagement," and his only hope rests on veteran Marine lawyer Colonel Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones).
Review: I thought it was pretty good simply because it kept the audience entertained, with Jackson and Jones acting there it is bound to be a quality movie anyway. I thought it was predictable, but let me explain. I mean its pretty obvious what's going to happen and you can figure out the story easily. I want to know why doesn't Colonel Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) just get some sort of evidence of what kind of holes were put into the outside of the embassy, he sees the bullet holes when he visits Yemen so all he had to do was get a team to investigate (how long ago and at what distance they came from). He could of gotten a "pro" to study and examine those holes on the embassy, then he could actually prove there was shooting below. I mean that would of been difinitive evidence. The storyline just seemed overall kind of weak, if you've seen this you know what I mean.
Rating: 6/10 ...