

Rules of Engagement
A hero should never have to stand alone.
A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.
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6.2/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $60M
- Box office
- $71M
- Language
- Arabic
- vietnam veteran
- court case
- wound
- colony
- life-saver
- trial
- lawyer
- court martial
- yemen
- bold
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United States of America, Germany, United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR7 Apr 2000
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1511 Aug 2000
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+17 Aug 2000
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical10 Aug 2000
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1827 Dec 2000
CzechiaCZ
- TheatricalU30 Nov 2000
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1515 Sept 2000
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical19 Jan 2001
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1820 Oct 2000
FranceFR
- TheatricalU20 Sept 2000
- PhysicalDVD5 Jul 2001
- Digital / OTT12Prime Video22 Sept 2022
- TVParis Première 11 Sept 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1619 Oct 2000
GreeceGR
- Theatrical157 Jul 2000
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Rules of Engagement was released on 7 April 2000.
Audience reviews
2- F5/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
4/21/2023
**It had everything to be much better and complex, but it was deliberately simplified to become a courtroom drama with touches of puffed up patriotism.** I was never in the military, I didn't need to be (I'll be the first to volunteer if my country needs it), but I am the son of an ex-military man, a war veteran with years of combat in Africa. And I know that, when you are in a combat scenario, the rules don't mat…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
3/30/2025
After a squad of US Marines are despatched to rescue their embattled ambassador to the Yemen (Sir Ben Kingsley), the mission turns quite deadly and the National Security Advisor (Bruce Greenwood) concludes that it’s in everyone’s best interests to take the commander - Col. Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) and hang him out to dry. Luckily for them, he has a bit of a reputation as a maverick and so the court-martial could …
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