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as a revolutionary war hero in the patriot , mel gibson provides another macho man performance for hollywood audiences .
you know the type : his shirt is always shredded , his face always scarred , he has a soft spot for his loved ones and a " to kill " list for his enemies .
oscar - hungry director / executive producer roland
emmerich did not intend to , but he made the stereotypical action hero for the 18th century .
as gibson delivers lines like , " before this war is over , i am going to kill you , " schwarzenegger in commando or stallone in cobra immediately come to mind .
oddly enough , the patriot is as much an epic three - hour - tear - fest like gladiator , as
it is a ninety - minute guilty pleasure .
at times absorbing , at others enjoyably insipid , this is good , bloody summer fun .
i probably would have despised this film had it not been released over the july 4th weekend .
some of the images are so zealously americanized ( the flag is used as a lifesaving weapon for example ) , that independence day seems the only appropriate time of year to wholeheartedly accept it .
like emmerich 's id4 , this is obvious propaganda where the americans are the hapless underdogs motivated by freedom for all .
sure it 's predictable and melodramatic , but for a moment after leaving the theater , i was dumbfounded with patriotism .
and is n't that the point of the patriot ?
gibson plays benjamin martin , the lionized french and indian war veteran , who , at the beginning of the film , is emotionally suffering after his loving wife passed away .
he is left to father seven children at his south carolina estate along with black servants ( not slaves ! ) . as the revolutionary war rumbles miles away , martin swears to keep his family close and away from the battlefields .
but when the oldest son enlists anyway and another is murdered by a wicked redcoat colonel ( jason isaacs ) , martin quickly decides to save the day ( or save the fate of america as presented by emmerich ) .
forming a band of aggressive farmers and using guerilla tactics considered unfair in the art of war , martin becomes the number one target of the british army .
the best parts of the patriot are the scenes in which martin and his rugged militia men outsmart the british armies left and right .
every time the farmers attacked the unsuspecting enemy , to see the disbelief on british general cornwallis ' ( tom wilkinson ) face was priceless entertainment .
and as the tension gradually formulates with the running time , a final battle is inevitable .
as for the numerous battle scenes , they are expertly done . clearer and more realistic
than those of gladiator , the gruesome images are what give this film an r rating .
you really get a sense of how warfare was performed during that time period .
everything is performed in an orderly ( but still quite gory ) fashion - one side shoots , then the other side , then the remaining soldiers charge .
it 's organized , strategic and , according to martin , ineffective .
there is a very interesting contrast between the traditional battle style and martin 's take - no - prisoners method .
what drives martin to these supposedly unfair actions , are the originally brutal tactics of colonel tavington . played wonderfully by jason isaacs , tavington is the type who loves to glare down from his horse at civilians , who nervously avoid eye contact .
this character is viciously evil ; he kills women and children and then laughs about it on the way home ; even his eyes are evil .
his portrayal has sparked some controversy in britain , some claim that he falsely represents his countrymen as " cowardly " and " sadistic .
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i disagree with this accusation .
tavington does not represent his country ; his unnecessary executions shock his own colleagues and even anger his general .
besides tavington , the redcoats remain stick figures that are neither glorified nor patronized . and stick figures make the easiest enemies in these kinds of movies - why give the audience a reason to love the bad guys ?
heck , why not spend the entire film glossing up the good guys ?
the patriot is three hours of fictional fireworks .
with an action hero seeking revenge and a comic book villain ready to take him down , it 's a lethal weapon for the colonial times .
god bless america !
and god bless the patriot !
P

us critic - type people are always shaking our heads and telling everyone that movies are n't thrill rides , but i think that " back to the future ii " is one of the few exceptions .
if the original film had the spirit of the 1950s , then this has the spirit of the 80s : full of fights ; chase scenes ; cliff hangers ; special effects ; some detective work ; and of course the vision of the high - tech future .
the film picks up exactly where the first film left off , with doc ( lloyd ) , marty ( fox ) , and jennifer ( elizabeth shue ) travelling 30 years into the future , because something bad is going to happen to marty and jennifer 's kids .
doc tells marty he must take his son 's place at an incident that will cause a chain reaction if marty mcfly jr .
says yes to griff ( wilson - in one of four different roles ) .
whoever said history tends to repeat itself was n't joking , especially when it comes to the movies .
essentially the same chase scene that marty endured in the 50s takes place again in the year 2015 , but it 's not as authentically exciting this time because it is so obviously a parody of itself .
at the end of the situation marty has changed the course of history for the better , and it seems like everything 's copasetic right ?
wrong .
since when do things go according to plan in the " back to the future " movies ?
there are so many minor conflicts and details that effect the plot and the direction of the story i wo n't even bother to list them all .
basically we get to see marty as an old man , his house , his family , etc .
we also go back to an alternate 1985 , and then back again to 1955 , with everything happening so fast the film never stops to catch a breath .
the films ' best aspect is the fact that it actually goes back to the first movie and shows a lot of the action that occurred from another angle .
it 's difficult to convey the sense of wild and zany fun without describing every little detail .
the only thing sacrificed in this film is the suspense .
instead of a grand finale , we get lots of little victories .
by the end everything is back to normal , but something happens that leads to yet another sequel , but it does n't seem gratuitous .
" back to the future part ii " is a really great adventure movie .
it certainly has more originality than other films but it lacks a certain charm that was dominate throughout its predecessor .
P

there is a scene early in soul food , george tillman 's comedy - drama about a large african - american family and the ordeals they go through during a crisis , that caught me completely off guard .
during a wedding , the groom is flirting with some tramp , and in an attempt to to prevent a scene , his mother in law , played by irma p . hall , comes to the rescue .
the way in which she does this makes me think irma p . hall is one of the greatest actresses around right now .
however , this is just one magical moment in a movie filled with them .
vanessa williams , vivica fox , and nia long star as three sisters who have each gone their own way in life .
williams is teri , a successful lawyer , who is frustrated by her husband miles attempts at a music career .
fox is maxine , the strongest of the sisters , which can be confirmed by the stability of her marriage and the wisdom of her son ahmad , who narrates the film .
long is bird , a hairdresser who is the last of the three to get married .
her husband lem is an intense passionate individual whose temper gets the best of him sometime but never stops loving .
at the center of everything is irma p . hall , as big mama jo .
every sunday , the family gathers together for dinner at mama jo 's house .
there is lots of conversation , lots of laughs , and the occasional controversy .
mama jo presides over the family like all mothers should .
she is stern and disciplined , but also caring and forgiving .
everything is going fine , until a tragedy befalls mama jo .
all of a sudden , a chain reaction of events begin to destroy the family .
it gets so bad , sunday dinner is even cancelled .
without mama jo 's guidance , there is noone to keep the family together , which frustrates ahmad .
miles and maxine 's marriage begins to fall apart , as he focuses on his music and flirts with the troublesome faith .
lem 's temper gets the best of him when his convict past starts to catch up to him .
and teri tries to prevent maxine 's efforts to sell mama jo 's house .
the third act of the film deals with ahmad 's attempts to patch things up .
he decides to take over where mama jo left off , and tries to get the family back together for one more sunday dinner .
the acting by everyone in the ensemble is outstanding , with special notices to irma p . hall and brandon hammond .
hall gives a performance that deserves to be recognized by the academy .
her mama jo is one of the most memorable characters i have ever encountered in a movie .
brandon hammond is an actor with a bright future .
he is wise enough not to play cutesy and shows an admirable range and depth , and speaks the final lines of the movie on the perfect note .
tillman obviously based this movie on his own memories of growing up .
every scene in the movie is purposeful and convincing
( except maybe an odd flashback sequence ) .
the dialogue is beleiveable and funny .
and then there 's the food .
tillman gives us several close ups of the soul food , and it indeed looks very tasty .
i can see why sunday dinners became such a tradition for this family .
soul food is one of the most purely entertaining movies of the year .

P