Fantastic movie if half of it were true

Rating: 6/10 (5 July 2000)

Sure, it was exciting and well-acted, but the fact that history was mangled in order to make the British more evil doesn't sit well with me. If you don't believe me, do some research on the revolutionary war yourself.
**SPOILERS ahead**
The terrible church part never happened. As if black people lived so happily then. The wounded were not executed as depicted in the film. And the burning of towns and the people who lived there? Yes, there was one major case - Groton, Conn., but the houses burned were empty.
This film is supposed to be about the revolutionary war. The least they could have done is to preserve history by showing what really happened, and not by passing the atrocious actions of the Nazis during WWII as the actions of the British.