The gold standard of its genre.

Rating: 10/10 (23 December 2017)

This was the first rated R movie I ever saw with my parents. I was Thirteen and that was about two decades ago. I feel compelled to write a review simply out of nostalgia for this movie. Recently I have also seen critics of Mel Gibson shaming the movie over its historical inaccuracy. That is such a shallow critique given Hollywood stretches every "true story." And I don't recall this movie ever being touted as historically accurate to begin with. This is one of the most epic movies ever made. This movie is the gold standard for all other movies of its kind, period. If you have not seen this move, do yourself a favor and watch it. Anyone that rated this below an 8 is empirically wrong.