Disappointing revenge flick

Rating: 4/10 (16 August 2000)

Nobody seems to be able to get Revolutionary war era movies right. Why did the powers that be decide that revenge was more important than conviction? Certainly in all war there are atrocities that stir deep emotions, but why does this movie have to have a villain that is so horrible that he is merely a caricature of evil? And, additionally, why must the villain and the hero meet on a chaotic battlefield and fight and be totally ignored by everyone else? How cliched every part of this movie seemed to be. This movie even has the "monster isn't really dead" bit. It is sad that the truly patriotic movie released this year had to be set in ancient Rome.