Patriot Rocks

Rating: 9/10 (6 July 2000)

Mark my words, our children will not learn of war from books but of their own eyes' That's what Mel Gibson's character Benjamin Martin says early on in THE PATRIOT. Just in Time for The Fourth of July Holiday Roland Emmerich(independence day) Brings us A flick that could make the Revolutionary war as intresting as Saving Private Ryan did for WORLD WAR 2, and PLATOON from Vietnam. Mel Gibson is back as the reluctant hero who has seen battle and the brutality of it up close. It is the Year 1776 he is a Widower raising 7 Kids under the winds of war in South Carolina. He is a Veteren of the French and Indian wars, and would just as soon forget, but The Brits have other plans. General Cornwalis is moving northward and he has eyes on the North eventually winning back the territories for good old mother England. To fight the wave is a combination of the American Advance Force, and freedom fighters along with the help of the French. Martin is forced to join the fight after a confrontation with the british on his own land. In the spirit of Braveheart, Gibson brings the birth of our nation into the Millennium. The Patriot has an outstanding cast. If you want to get an idea of how our country won its independence, if you want to see Mel Gibson kick some British ass, if you want to see a good war movie, The Patriot is for you, Its not exactly the way it happened to the letter, but then what Hollywood movie is, just forget the inaccuracies and enjoy!!!!