Braveheart 2. 'The Patriot Mel Gibson' is a bad deja vu

Rating: 3/10 (27 January 2001)

This is one of those movies where you know the entire story, even if you've never seen it. I was very right about that, there wasn't a single surprise or unexpected turn in the movie. Or maybe one; it underestimated the viewer more then I'd ever imagined.
I'm sure that the fair Americans had all rights to fight for their independence, but do we really need an idiot-proof dualism? In every war there are victims and butchers, but I don't consider it necessary to collect all the bad things in the world and put them together in one person. The result is something like an incarnation of satan. We've already got the point, the British shouldn't be there.
If I were an American I would probably be proud of it, but not because of this movie. The Patriot crosses the border between emotional and cliche countless times. Some of the war scenes are well done but the concept is old. If there is any words to describe it, I would probably use dogmatic plastics. Anyways, I'm happy I saw it, thats the way I learn to appreciate good movies. No blue eyes can save this one.