In Brief -- by Zachary McGhee
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT [Friedkin] -- Boy, did they screw up reel one! Really a mess from minute one to forty-five, an introduction as thought provoking as colored toilet paper, the movie takes a sudden turn for interesting once the courtroom battle begins, Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson kick into high gear, and those pathetic Saving Private Ryan-wannabe battle scenes cease fire. It certainly feels like something downloaded from the creative mind of one Tom Clancy, with A Few Good Men tossed in for good measure. C+
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