Release Year: 2000 Rating: R Duration: 128 minutes Other Title: Règles d'engagement, Les Director: William Friedkin Producer: Richard D Zanuck, Scott Rudin Distributor: Paramount Pictures
An attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a third world country.
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Anne Archer as Mrs. Mourain Ben Kingsley as Ambassador Mourain Blair Underwood as Capt. Lee Bruce Greenwood as National Security Advisor Bill Sokal Guy Pearce as Maj. Mark Biggs Samuel L. Jackson as Col. Terry L. Childers Tommy Lee Jones as Col. Hayes 'Hodge' Hodges
With debate continuing about the role of American troops in overseas situations such as Kosovo, the new film, "Rules of Engagement," has a current events timeliness to it.