The Patriot (2000)
Before they were soldiers, they were family. Before they were legends, they were heroes. Before there was a nation, there was a fight for freedom.
Director: Roland Emmerich · Writer: Robert Rodat
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.
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Director
Roland Emmerich
Cast
Mel Gibson
Benjamin Martin 
Heath Ledger
Gabriel Martin 
Joely Richardson
Charlotte Selton 
Jason Isaacs
Col. William Tavington 
Chris Cooper
Col. Harry Burwell 
Tchéky Karyo
Jean Villeneuve 
René Auberjonois
Reverend Oliver 
Lisa Brenner
Anne Howard 
Tom Wilkinson
Gen. Cornwallis 
Donal Logue
Dan Scott 
Leon Rippy
John Billings 
Adam Baldwin
Capt. Wilkins User Reviews (1)
Here's Mel to give the Brits an inaccurate historical thrashing, again... The Patriot is based around one Benjamin Martin, an ex-soldier, who now happily living as a family man finds himself thrust into conflict at the break of the American Revolution. He loves the Brits does Mel Gibson, "Gallipoli", "Braveheart" and here with "The Patriot", see the pattern anyone? As with the aforementioned "Gallipoli" and "Braveheart", certain liberties have also been taken with events in "The Patriot" so as to glossy up for the eager Hollywood contingent. It's not my want to scribble about the facts of Benjamin Martin (Re: Francis Marion), or William Wallace for that matter, information as such is but a mere click away on the world wide web. So casting aside the artistic licence factors, is "The Patriot" any good? Well nearly it is -- nearly. Gibson is fine, he shoulders the burden of the fi…
