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Colonel Terry Childers is a 30-year Marine veteran: a decorated officer with combat experience in Vietnam, Beirut and Desert Storm - a patriot, a hero. But now, the country he served so well has put him on trial for a rescue mission that went terribly wrong. For his attorney, he has chosen Marine Colonel Hays Hodges, a comrade-in-arms who owes his life to Childers. Hodges is not the best lawyer in... See Full Description
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Drama, Thriller and War |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 7 min. |
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| Release Date: |
April 7, 2000 Nationwide |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for scenes of war violence, and for language. |
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| Distributors: |
Paramount Pictures
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$61,322,858 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
N/A
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NZone,
(3 out of 5 stars) "The film is really quite good through this point, at which Childers hires Hodges to represent him, playing the "Gee, I did save your life" card. 'Rules' then becomes a run-of-the-mill courtroom bore with one of the most anti-climatic ending in recent memory." Full Review...
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CinemaSense,
(Gold) "A gripping exploration of the gut wrenching realities of the modern soldier on the battlefield of war and the battlefield of law." Full Review...
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culturevulture.net,
" ... a cynical, angering piece of work that nevertheless functions as a ruthlessly efficient crowd-pleaser." Full Review...
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Harvey's Movie Reviews,
"...despite interesting elements and good craftsmanship, the film seems simplistic in a way which negates almost everything it has to say." Full Review...
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