# Rules of Engagement (2000)

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**Runtime**: 127 min
**Genres**: War, Drama
**Directed by**: William Friedkin
**Written by**: Stephen Gaghan, Jim Webb
**Starring**: Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Greenwood, Anne Archer

> *A hero should never have to stand alone.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You command a Marine unit protecting a U.S. embassy, and then protestors turn violent. But after deadly force is used, you're court-martialed.

Friedkin's procedural is a pointed, anxious film. It reflects the turn-of-the-millennium distrust.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw, slow-burn

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