A good war film but melodramatic in most areas

Rating: 5/10 (4 November 2007)

Not all war movies are accurate Braveheart wasn't very accurate neither was Lawrence of Arabia but at least these movies try to portray what actually happened in that period of time not portraying the enemy as a sadistic race that deserve to die,unfortunately The Patriot does just that with the British army especially in the scene where the British army officer orders his men to burn a church filled with civilians,i know for a fact that this isn't historically true I do know that if there ever was a sadistic army that killed innocent women and children it is most likely to be the American army,Mel Gibson obviously has not heard of the Vietnam war which the USA were famous for killing thousands of innocent people raping women and making orphans of children.And also the way the film portrays the British as racists to African Americans despite the fact that America next to Nazi Germany was one of the most racist countries in the world, But put that all aside and you get some very descent acting and great battles fought although there slightly melodramatic. Here in Britain we are used to being the bad guys in American cinema despite the fact that some of the worlds most evil people live there ahem George w Bush,This is still a good war movie but hopefully American viewers wont actually believe what there seeing in certain made up scenes.