Rules - Sekunden der Entscheidung

Originaltitel: Rules of Engagement

2000
16
2 Std. 8 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,4/10

51.110

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Samuel L. Jackson and Tommy Lee Jones in Rules - Sekunden der Entscheidung (2000)

trailer wiedergeben2:27

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Ein Anwalt verteidigt einen Offizier, der vor Gericht steht, weil er seinen Truppen befohlen hatte, auf Zivilisten zu schießen, nachdem diese eine US-Botschaft in einem Land des Nahen Ostens... Alles lesenEin Anwalt verteidigt einen Offizier, der vor Gericht steht, weil er seinen Truppen befohlen hatte, auf Zivilisten zu schießen, nachdem diese eine US-Botschaft in einem Land des Nahen Ostens gestürmt hatten.Ein Anwalt verteidigt einen Offizier, der vor Gericht steht, weil er seinen Truppen befohlen hatte, auf Zivilisten zu schießen, nachdem diese eine US-Botschaft in einem Land des Nahen Ostens gestürmt hatten.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,4/10

51.110

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

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When Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) returns to the bombed-out embassy, there is a picture of then Vice President Al Gore on the charred wall. Gore and Jones were roommates at Harvard.

Patzer
National Security Adviser Bill Sokal is worried about political pressure from other countries about the internationally publicized "slaughter of innocent civilians in Yemen", so he hides the one piece of evidence that would exonerate Col. Childers: a video tape of the crowd initiating contact with the Marines. Sokal does this as a means of "throwing Childers under the bus". The problem with that is that not only would that tape reveal that Col. Childers was innocent and performed his duty admirably, but it would remove all political pressure from the US - thus removing the reason why Sokal hid the tape in the first place. Couple that with the evidence presented in the courts-martial that proved Col. Childers innocent, and it would have been painfully obvious that Col. Childers performed his duties honorably and, therefore, would have been returned to active duty. In short, Sokal helped propagate the very problem he was trying to solve: political pressure against the US, that would cause embassies to be removed around the world.

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Colonel Hayes Hodges: You ever had a pissed-off Marine on your ass?
National Security Advisor William Sokal: Is that a threat?
Colonel Hayes Hodges: Oh, yes, sir.

Alternative Versionen
Some international prints, made for DVD/TV broadcast, have removed the Paramount logo and fade straight into the Seven Arts Pictures logo. The opening titles also now read "Seven Arts Pictures Present in association with Paramount Pictures". This is due to the fact that Seven Arts owned the international rights and wanted prime credit.

Verbindungen
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Return to Me/Black and White/Ready to Rumble/Rules of Engagement/Me Myself I (2000)

Soundtracks
On the Threshold of Liberty
by Mark Isham
Contains a sample performed by Mark Isham
Courtesy of The Windham Hill Group

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8/10

A Bit Contrived, But Very Entertaining

This story gets the viewer involved with it right away never lets up, with good performances all around, although Tommy Lee Jones stands out a bit above the rest.

There are some outstanding action scenes in the first 30 minutes and if you have a 5.1surround system, it gets quite a workout. After that, the story settles down into a court battle.

Its politics are typical Hollywood: the government is corrupt with the main villain the National Security Adviser who burns a video tape that would clear a U.S. Marine colonel from being framed for murder. That colonel also is a black man which makes the story even more politically correct. Samuel J. Jackson plays that role, a Col. "Terrry Childers." Jones plays his attorney, "Col. Hayes Hodges." The two veteran actors play off each other very well.

It gets even more dramatic when two other witnesses lie and make justice look almost impossible to attain in the case. But, dramatics aside, it's a good story and certainly an entertaining one. Once again, William Friedkin has directed a good movie.