Rules of Engagement

Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson star in a Paramount Pictures military drama. Jackson portrays Col. Terry Childers, a 30-year Marine veteran who's facing a court-martial for killing unarmed civilians in Yemen. Denying the charge, he turns to attorney Marine Col. Hays Hodges (Jones,) a comrade-in-arms whose life Childers had saved in Vietnam decades earlier. Things get worse for Childers when it begins to look as if he's being made the fall guy to avert a diplomatic crisis. Directed by William Friedkin.

GENRE: Action/Adventure
RELEASE DATE: Friday, Apr 7, 2000

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How long is Rules of Engagement?: Rules of Engagement is 2 hr 8 min long.

Who directed Rules of Engagement?: William Friedkin

Who is Colonel Hayes Hodges in Rules of Engagement?: Tommy Lee Jones plays Colonel Hayes Hodges in the film.

What is Rules of Engagement about?: Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson star in a Paramount Pictures military drama. Jackson portrays Col. Terry Childers, a 30-year Marine veteran who's facing a court-martial for killing unarmed civilians in Yemen. Denying the charge, he turns to attorney Marine Col. Hays Hodges (Jones,) a comrade-in-arms whose life Childers had saved in Vietnam decades earlier. Things get worse for Childers when it begins to look as if he's being made the fall guy to avert a diplomatic crisis. Directed by William Friedkin.