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Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

  • Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones
  • Summary: Retired Marine Colonel and attorney Hays Hodges (Jones) defends his old friend and comrade-in-arms Col. Terry Childers (Jackson), a highly decorated 30-year Marine veteran, who has been court-martialed for ordering his troops to fire on a hostile crowd storming the U.S. embassy in Yemen which results in the deaths of many civilians. Expand
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  2. Negative: 10 out of 31
  1. But the single most compelling performance may belong to Australian actor Guy Pearce.
  2. Friedkin does a superb job of serving up the well-appointed script by James Webb and Stephen Gaghan.
  3. Reviewed by: Ted Gideonse
    60
    Jones even manages to save this somewhat tiring film.
  4. Reviewed by: Richard T. Jameson
    38
    Pearce is shot in such distorting closeups that he looks like an overdeveloped athlete who's been getting steroid injections in his cheeks.

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