Mr. Smith Goes to The Revolution (Mel Gibson Wins The War All By Himself)

Rating: 1/10 (16 August 2000)

Do you remember the episode of the Simpsons in which Mel Gibson remakes Mr. Smith Goes To Washington with a bloody finale in which he kills somebody with American flag? Well, transfer that to the Revolutionary War, and you'll know what to expect from Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich's latest epic piece of trash that is full of more innaccuracies than JFK. I leaned over and mentioned this to my friend and he replied with "But he hasn't killed anybody with the American flag", to which I responded "Wait, there's still 20 minutes left". Sure enough, Mel Gibson stabs, and flips over a horse using the American flag. This movie screams EPIC!! yet it doesn't have the fantastic photography (or for that matter lighting, directing, acting) of Ridley Scott's masterpiece Gladiator. Mel alone kills over 40 people. It is bloody, but not entertaining. It's not an epic, and most importantly it's not interesting. Do not pay to see this movie and expect entertainment unless you want to make sarcastic remarks for 3 hours.