# Rules of Engagement (2000)

> A wounded Vietnam veteran turned lawyer risks his standing to defend the commander who once saved his life in a politically explosive military court-martial.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/5556

## Facts

- Runtime: 127 min
- Genres: War, Drama, Thriller
- Director: William Friedkin
- Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Greenwood, Anne Archer, Blair Underwood, Philip Baker Hall
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160797/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: tense, patriotic, morally polarized, political thriller night, war film marathon

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- [Presumed Innocent (1990)](https://ember.film/movie/6118)
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- [Hart's War (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/5663)
- [Class Action (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/9459)
- [Casualties of War (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/5255)
- [Guilty as Sin (1993)](https://ember.film/movie/2804)
- [A Time to Kill (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/1090)
- [Courage Under Fire (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/5749)
- [A War (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/224750)
- [Murder in the First (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/4106)

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