Samuel L. Jackson 4-Film Collection

Rules Of Engagement (2000)

Colonels Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) and Hayes Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones) are lifelong friends who served in Vietnam together. Twenty-eight years later, Hodges, now a Marine lawyer, must defend Childers in a court-martial case after he's accused of instructing his troops to fire on supposedly unarmed protesters outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen. Guy Pearce and Ben Kingsley also star in this tense military courtroom drama from director William Friedkin. 127 min. C/Rtg: R

Shaft (2000)

This updating of/sequel to the popular series of 1970s blaxploitation films stars Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft, an NYPD detective and nephew of the original "Shaft" (Richard Roundtree). The younger Shaft throws away his badge in order to capture a rich creep (Christian Bale) responsible for killing a black teen in front of a trendy New York restaurant. Toni Collette, Jeffrey Wright, Vanessa L. Williams also star in this retro actioner from director John Singleton. 99 min. C/Rtg: R

Changing Lanes (2002)

A fender-bender on a busy New York highway turns into an escalating battle of wills between recovering alcoholic Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), whose chances of reuniting with his family are lost in the crash, and duplicitous attorney in Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), who needs vital papers that wind up in Gipson's possession. Gripping drama of two men pushed to the edge also stars Toni Collette, Amanda Peet, Kim Staunton. 98 min. C/Rtg: R

Coach Carter (2005)

Based on actual events, this powerful drama stars Samuel L. Jackson as California high school basketball coach Ken Carter. Accepting the job on an unpaid, volunteer basis, Carter holds his players to a high academic standard, going so far as to bench his entire team, despite their undefeated status, until they pull their grades up. Ashanti, Rick Gonzales, Rob Brown, Debbi Morgan co-star. 136 min. C/Rtg: PG-13