I liked it better when he was wearing a skirt.

Rating: 4/10 (30 June 2000)

The problem with the Patriot is that patriotism is not what
drives Gibson's character to war, but revenge against his
extremely, unnecessarily evil nemesis.
The Revolutionary War is just an excuse to display a typical
good Vs. evil match. The good guys are extremely good,
family smooching people. Even politically correct with their
black neighbors! (Oh my. Makes me forget it took the country they founded 200 years to get to that point!). The
bad guys are incredibly evil, family-less automatons.
In conclusion: This movie has the historic equivalent of the
westerns where the cowboys were defending their lives against the evil murdering Indians. If there's one thing that
will have your money's worth is the eye-popping battle
scenes. See Braveheart: Another Mel Gibson movie with epic gory battles. There's far more patriotism in it than this
one, and will make you want to yell "Freedom!".