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Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Rules of Engagement |
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A war hero and his squad of Marines are sent to Yemen to rescue the American ambassador. While they are there, they begin to take heavy fire so Col. Childers orders his men to open fire on a crowd of people. In the gunfire they accidently kill several innocent people. Now Childers is on trial for murder, so he calls on his lawyer friend for help. Together these two fight the battle of their lives.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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When a huge number of people are shooting at the president the military has to come help. Samuel L. Jackson orders them to shoot everybody. He is charged with 80+ counts of murder. Will he be declared guilty or innocent?
--Justin Tread, Resident Scholar
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This is a film about friendship and loyalty and the role of the modern military. The question of this film is whether or not the rules were followed by the character.
--Rhonda Cluff, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Rules of Engagement |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
- military on trial
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- short/standard curly (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- bulging muscles
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Body type
- average build (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Setting
United States
Yes
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Arabia
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
How many deaths in film?
- dozens
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 3 (some)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- hand to hand
- guns
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding bombs
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