Rules of Engagement
by William Friedkin
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Actor: Anne Archer, Bruce Greenwood, Kim Delaney, Philip Baker Hall, Samuel L. JacksonDirector: William Friedkin
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: William A. Fraker
Cinematographer: Nicola Pecorini
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-10-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Rules of Engagement
Movie Review: A Bit Contrived, But Entertaining
Summary: 3 Stars
This story gets the viewer involved with it right away never lets up, with good performances all around, although Tommy Lee Jones stands out a bit above the rest. Samuel L. Jackson is always good and so is Director William Friedkin.
There are some outstanding action scenes in the first 30 minutes and the 5.1surround system gets quite a workout. After that, the story settles down into a court battle.
Its politics are typical Hollywood: the government is corrupt with the main villain the National Security Adviser who burns a video tape that would clear a U.S. Marine colonel from being framed for murder. It gets even more dramatic when two other witnesses lie and make justice look almost impossible to attain in the case. Throw in the usual PC race card, and there you have it. But, dramatics aside, it's an entertaining story.
Summary of Rules of Engagement
Part war movie part courtroom thriller this gripping drama finda a war hero put on trial for a rescue mission gone terribly wtong with only his doubtful friend and fellow marine to represent him. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/11/2006 Starring: Tommy Lee Jones Samuel L. Jackson Run time: 127 minutes Rating: R Director: William FriedkinDirector William Friedkin knows a thing or two about staging harrowing action sequences, and if you don't believe that, you've never seen The French Connection or To Live and Die in L.A. He comes through niftily in this film as well, with an opening Vietnam battle sequence that sets the stage for the rest of the story, and then with the central moment in the film: a rescue mission involving Marines extricating the American ambassador from an embassy surrounded by hostile protesters in Yemen. Unfortunately, Friedkin can't do much about the implausible plot that follows, in which the Marine commander, played by the always-terrific Samuel L. Jackson, is accused of slaughtering innocent civilians (who actually were shooting at him and his men). He must rely on an old Marine buddy--a lawyer played by Tommy Lee Jones--to get him through the jury-rigged court martial. But the central premise--that an evil presidential aide would perjure himself and destroy evidence simply to maintain good relations with U.S. allies in the Middle East, rather than defending a highly decorated Marine colonel who risked his life--is inevitably hard to swallow. And the ending is even flimsier. --Marshall Fine
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