It's WAR people, real WAR

Rating: 6/10 (1 July 2000)

I liked this movie very much, This movie is one that every one should see and think about it really hard about how the USA got it's start and where it's going now. It's a sad fact about war, bad things are done by both sides and this movie tells you that. The major big battles in this movie really happened and pretty much as this movie shows them too.
The actors portrayals of the characters were a very good performance maybe Mel Gibson's best to date. I really found Tom Wilkinson as General Cornwallis not just excellent, but for the most part historically accurate. His surrender at Yorktown sending his subordinate to surrender his subordinates sword, (I'm not giving the ending away here, that's how it really happened. Read a book!)
And the battle fields scenes were so awesome, you could see the terror and bravery of the men on the firing line. You could even see a cannon ball flying around every so often, (the one that came right at the camera made me jump, I was sitting in the center front row, YIKES!!)
In conclusion this movie reminds us we need to look at the past to see where the future is going. To quote George Santayana "Those who forget the mistakes of the past are condemned to repeat them."