One? A thousand!

Rating: 7/10 (5 September 2000)

THE Patriot? This movie is full of patriots! And I hate this unbelievable idealistic stuff! The whole thing is even more absurd because they had the film directed by a German, Roland Emmerich.
But as I'm neither American nor British nor a patriot I shouldn't go too deep into this aspect. And so I have to admit that it's a three hour movie during which I hardly ever looked at my watch. The fighting scenes were exciting and authentic, Mel Gibson acted the same as in all his previous films, the screenwriter put in some lovely humorous scenes, and the story - surprise, surprise! - was not always predictable: It was more "cruel" for the viewer than the story in other mainstream movies. Entertainment factor: 9/10
Did you notice that with landscapes the camera always started with the same move? First filming at a rather low level and then moving up. That shows that director Emmerich lacks ideas also in his newest movie. (It wasn't much better with "Independence Day".) Quality factor: 2/10
Together that makes a rating of 6 out of 10.