Braveheart meets the Swamp Fox.

Rating: 8/10 (29 July 2000)

This movie was like Braveheart meets the Swamp Fox with 100 times the action of the old Disney shows.
A very good movie. Good character development. Excellent performances by all the children. Even the youngest daughter.
Every war in our history has times of transition for all citizens. War in your own back yard is so different from a conflict miles or continents away. Once you are forced to
defend your family and country, normal rules of decency vaporize rapidly. There is no such thing as decent war.
Acts of brutality have occurred on both sides. Seeing a movie like this makes me want to research the history of the revolution. The reaction from the English public and media has been interesting. One could think Mel Gibson truly enjoys doing movies about historical events of British persecution.

Some parts were a stretch. Some cliches seem out of place but all in all very worth seeing.