Jim Webb wrote the screenplay for a Samuel L. Jackson movie

Democratic presidential hopeful Jim Webb, who many found out about for the first time when he showed up at the debate on Tuesday evening, has plenty of impressive credentials under his belt. He was a senator from Virginia, the secretary of the Navy, the assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, counsel for the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs and, as a Marine Corps officer in Vietnam, he killed "one man and maybe more," according to The Daily Beast. Webb has another side, too, however — he's won an Emmy Award for journalism, written 10 books, and oh, remember that movie, Rules of Engagement, from 2000? He wrote that, too.

From Roger Ebert's two-and-a-half star review:

Ebert wrapped up his review by saying that, "The fundamental problem with Rules of Engagement, I suspect, is that the filmmakers never clearly defined exactly what they believed about the issues they raised." He was being, perhaps, a little generous: The film was met with mostly negative reviews and holds a cumulative score of 36 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee said it was "probably the most racist film ever made against Arabs by Hollywood."

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Curious? You can stream the film over at Amazon or iTunes — or have your fill just by watching the trailer, below. Jeva Lange