movie review - Rules of Engagement
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Sydney, 2000.08.20
We saw this only because we'd decided to wander into one cinema after having walked out of Shanghai Noon. We did it just for cheap thrills.
The movie, though, turned out to be worth watching, so we stayed. It's about a career soldier (Jackson) who takes an assignment to rescue the American ambassador to Yemen. He winds up opening fire on a crowd of men, women, and children that were all carrying arms and shooting the troops under his command. There's a trial, needless to say, and Jones - a washed up soldier who was was removed from active duty for good after he came out of a Vietnamese engagement the only survivor - is his lawyer.
Recommended.