Rules of Engagement

2000 • 127 minutes

About this movie

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"

Ratings and reviews

Samuel Jackson is off the charts amazing. This story moves and moves and keeps you sitting on the edge of your seat. Best performance I've ever seen by Tom Cruise. Best by Demi Moore, as well. MUST SEE....

This is just a tell tell movie from the past about the future...and the future will get worse. Might as well kiss your ass goodbye!

A mix of drama and feel good. Be prepared to feel a range of emotions