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Rules of Engagement

2000

William Friedkin

Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley ...

5.7

5,953

Drama. Mystery Colonel Terry Childers (Jackson) is a 30-year Marine veteran: a decorated officer with combat experience in Vietnam, Beirut and Desert Storm. But now, the country he served so well has put him on trial for a rescue mission that went terribly wrong. Hayes Hodges (Jones) finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam combat. He then returns to America and becomes a lawyer. Charged with the murder of civilians in a third ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"A broad and obvious approach to ambiguous material that's virtually all plot mechanics with little nuance or characterization (...) A solid commercial attraction"	NEU
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"There's not much going on here, and since ''Rules'' makes the tactical error of showing Childers's innocence at the outset, there is little suspense."	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Is 'Rules of Engagement' the kind of Hollywood war film we can expect to see from now on? Compassionate nouveau 'Rambo' for the George Bush Jr generation?"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Jones and Jackson work well together (...) The fundamental problem is that the filmmakers never clearly defined exactly what they believed about the issues they raised (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"The commanding gravitas of Jackson (...) is comfortably met by Jones’ bulldog cussedness (...) The movie backs off each time there’s an opportunity for us to be challenged by ambiguity"	NEU

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