What did they do to Mel?

Rating: 2/10 (18 January 2001)

The English! Boy does he hate the English!
First, we get Braveheart. Scotsmen good. Irishmen good. Englishmen bad bad bad. And, ofcourse, Good Mel must venge himself on the evil Englishmen who rape all the best Scotswomen, because no good Scotsmen would ever force himself upon a Scotswoman, or any woman for that matter. They're Scots! They don't do that!
Then, the Patriot. Euro-Americans good. African-Americans good. Indians good. Frenchmen good. Englishmen? Bad bad bad. What else? I kept expecting Tavington to rape Mel's wife. How did they miss that? Surely he did it.

I can't wait until Mel makes his first film about World War Two, that should be a pip! It's time the world learns who were the bad guys in that one too!
P.S. This film runs the gamut on gratuitous violence and historical inaccuracy. Leslie Nielsen, the REAL Swamp Fox (Francis Marion), is not yet dead. But when he is dead, I'm sure he'll be turning over in the grave.
BTW, I haven't seen Mel's ridiculous What Women Want. Were there any Englishwomen in that film. Were they bad?