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Metascore

Mixed or average reviews - based on 31 Critics

User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

Summary: Hayes Hodges finds his career aspirations dashed when he's wounded in Vietnam combat. He then returns to America and becomes a disillusioned lawyer who goes up against the service to defend Colonel Terry Childers, who is accused of inciting an incident that leaves many demonstrators dead. Hodges in no position to decline: Childers heroically saved his life back in Vietnam.
Runtime: 128 min
Rating: Rated R for scenes of war violence, and for language.
Production: Paramount Pictures
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Countries: USA, Germany, UK, Canada
Languages: English, Arabic
Home Release Date: Oct 10, 2000
Director Credit
William Friedkin Director
Writer Credit
James Webb Story
Stephen Gaghan Screenplay
Principal Cast Credit
Samuel L. Jackson Col. Terry L. Childers
Tommy Lee Jones Col. Hayes 'Hodge' Hodges
Cast Credit
Amidou Dr. Ahmar
Anne Archer Mrs. Mourain
Baoan Coleman Col. Binh Le Cao
Ben Kingsley Ambassador Mourain
Blair Underwood Capt. Lee
Bruce Greenwood National Security Advisor Bill Sokal
Dale Dye Gen. Perry
Guy Pearce Maj. Mark Biggs
Mark Feuerstein Tom Chandler
Nicky Katt Hayes Hodges III
Philip Baker Hall Gen. H. Lawrence Hodges
Richard McGonagle Judge Col. E. Warner
Ryan Hurst Capt. Hustings
Producer Credit
Adam Schroeder Executive Producer
Arne Schmidt Co-Producer
James Webb Executive Producer
Richard D. Zanuck Producer
Scott Rudin Producer
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