I was a fool to see this film

Rating: 2/10 (22 July 2000)

I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. I knew I shouldn't have seen this film. For god's sake it's a period piece war epic from the guys that brought us Godzilla.
"But it's Mel Gibson! Braveheart!" my roommate said.
Don't be fooled too. This is not Braveheart. I'll repeat that and put it in caps for anyone who might have missed it. THIS IS NOT BRAVEHEART. This is a period piece war epic from the guys that brought us Godzilla.
Any attempt to fill the massive gaps between sub-par battle scenes with historically accurate, emotionally engaging, and (oh, I'll go easy on them) an interesting story, was replaced instead with the dietary equivalent of Gummi Bears.
You see, it's this story about this guy, who doesn't want to fight anymore, but has to revenge the death of a family member by clandestinely attacking the all controlling bad guy with his group of common folk outlaw type. This comes to a head when the bad guy starts attacking their homes and families and after much to do they meet for their battle royale. It is here against insurmountable odds that the good guys (that's Mel) uses his good old fashioned home grown cunning and the power of a bunch of guys yelling "hooray" to defeat the enemy.
I liked it better the first time when it was called Robin Hood.
There is one cool part where a guy loses his head to a cannon ball. But that's it.
So please, don't be like me and go see this filmed based on the laurels of a big shot actor. You're not only throwing your money away, you're handing it over those guys so they can go out and make another sucker flick for us all to cattle in to.