Rules of engagement / [Seven Arts Pictures] ; director, William Friedkin ; produced by Scott Rudin, Richard D. Zanuck ; co-producer, Arne Schmidt ; screenwriter, Stephen Gaghan ; story, James Webb.
Sources used: All move guide; copyright data sheet ; copyright data base. Summary taken from the All move guide, 8-1-2000. Copyright: MFP Munich Film Partners GmbH & Co. Roe Prod. KG. DCR 2000; PUB 7Apr00; REG 9May00; PA986-138. Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Kingsley.
Summary:
Two men who stood side by side on the field of battle are reunited in a court of law. Attorney Hayes Hodges once aspired to a career as an army officer, but a serious injury in Vietnam put an end to his military future, leaving him bitter and resentful. Terry L. Childers fought alongside Hodges and once saved his life; when Childers is threatened with a court martial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians during a raid on an American embassy, Hodges is the only lawyer that he can trust, and the case gives Hodges a chance for revenge against the military system that he feels has wronged him.
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