Overdone patriotic fluff full of historical inaccuracies

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 2001)

Apart from the many historical inaccuracies that others have pointed out, Emmerich does a bang-up job in creating a film full of one dimensional black & white characters on both sides. There's no room for grey, you're either Good (American colonist) or Bad (British oppressors). In addition, the British oppressors are portrayed in such a brutal manner, commiting atrocities rivalling that of the Nazis.
Plus, I find the PC gimmick of "Free Workers" (er, don't you mean "slaves") on a plantation in 1776 South Carolina absurd. If there're so "free" why don't they just walk off the plantation anytime they want? Plus, WHAT are the "Free Workers" fighting for in pre-Civil War South Carolina? Certainly not their freedom. It would've been more sensible for the "Free Workers" to join the Brits, at least they were guaranteed their freedom.

Rating: 3