The Decline and Fall of Hurricane Billy: Rules of Engagement.

Rating: 3/10 (14 August 2005)

Rules of Engagement (2000) was a blah movie. I can not believe this movie was directed by the same man who made The Exorcist and The Sorcerer. A lot of film makers fall out of grace. Then there are those who try to receive penance by making pay check films (for either television or major studios). But William Friedkin has done but and they're so lame and tame that this once innovative film maker has been reduced to produced overproduced schlock.
The movie is about a soldier who must confront his past to deal with the present (how many times has this been done to death?). Throw in some gratuitous violence, soap opera court room theatrics and a lot of xenophobic attitudes and you have this movie. I wont bore you with details and spoil the movie for you. Let's just say it's mediocre fare from a formerly brilliant film maker.
Not recommended.