One of the worst movies I've seen in a long time.

Rating: 2/10 (29 June 2000)

When I first saw the previews for The Patriot, I thought it was going to be a Saving Private Ryan or Gladiator or Braveheart type epic, but it was no where near my expectations. This movie was poorly written, poorly directed by Roland Emmerich (how he got the job after Godzilla is beyond me), and poorly acted by the majority of the actors. The only thing that keeps it together is Mel Gibson. The fight scenes either showed too little gore and looked fake, or showed too much and were disgustingly repulsive. The movie also suffered by too many attempts at comic relief. I also refuse to believe that the whole American Revolution was won because of one man, which is the whole plot of this movie.