Best Action/Adventure Movie of the Year

Rating: 6/10 (30 June 2000)

Move over gladiator, The Patriot is the best action movie for 2000. And being movie based on the War of Independence makes it all the more stirring for Americans. I have read that it is not historically accurate except in the broadest sense (We won the British went home). But that is okay. Private Ryan was fictional as well, no one complained about that.
Also the critics say that the person Mel Gibson's character was based on was a cruel savage beast of a man. Well Mel Gibson's character is very savage, although he has been PC'ed a bit to make it more appealing.
Those minor points aside this is an awesome movie. The battle scenes are frighteningly real. Brutal and graphic. And the acting in those scenes was amazing. The sense of fear at standing on the front line was incredibly palpable, as well as the resolution to stand ground.
If you only see one movie, and aren't afraid of graphic battle scenes, you must see this movie.