A too "political correct" movie

Rating: 6/10 (18 August 2000)

Well I went to this movie, expecting myself to a eighteen century "Braveheart". Big mistake ! The special effects wasn't very "special", the atmosphere of epoch is just sketched and the story is just a little bit better than a south-american "telenovelas". Of course, the great Mel Gibson do everything he can to give to his character life & consistence, but he can't miss a fight scene one against twenty like in, I know ... "Mad Max". The screenplay ? If you expected to something really incendiary stay home ! A mediocre "political correct" screenplay show the earlier black people emancipation, but not a single word about native Americans. The British are all killers ( even they try to mask this ... ) and of course incapable to see what mean democracy... at least this is the opinion of producers. I wonder myself - how the French is among the "good guys" ? At last I must admit that some players perform remarkable, but... My opinion : keep distance from this movie or see just the fighting fragment.