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The Patriot [VHS] [2000]

VHS ~ Mel Gibson
3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (58 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper
  • Directors: Roland Emmerich
  • Language German
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000056QB5

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Aimed directly at a mainstream audience, The Patriot qualifies as respectable entertainment, but anyone expecting a definitive drama about the American Revolution should look elsewhere. Rising above the blatant crowd pleasing of Stargate, Independence Day and Godzilla, director Roland Emmerich crafts a marvellous re-creation of South Carolina in the late 1770s (aided immeasurably by cinematographer Caleb Deschanel), and Robert Rodat's screenplay offers the same balance of epic scale and emotional urgency that elevated his earlier script for Saving Private Ryan. Unfortunately, Emmerich embraces clichés and hackneyed melodrama that a more gifted director would have avoided. Instead of attempting a truly great film about the most pivotal years of American history, Emmerich settles for a standard revenge plot with the Revolutionary War as an incidental backdrop. On those terms, the film is engrossing and sufficiently intelligent, especially when militia leader Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) cagily negotiates with British General Cornwallis (Tom Wilkinson) in one of the most rewarding scenes. For the most part, the story concerns Martin's anguished quest for revenge against ruthless redcoat Colonel Tavington (played with snide relish by Jason Isaacs), and the rise to manhood of Martin's eldest son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger), whose battlefield honour exceeds even that of his brutally volatile father. At its best, The Patriot conveys the horror of war among innocent civilians, and the epic battle scenes, while by no means masterful, are graphically intense and impressive. And although Ledger's love interest (Lisa Brenner) is too bland to register much emotion, the focus on family (which frequently relegates the war to background history) provides a suitable vehicle for Gibson, who matches his achievement in Braveheart with an effectively brooding performance. --Jeff Shannon

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3.0 out of 5 stars Historically Hysterical, But The Cavalry Save The Day!, 18 Nov 2005
By Silver Whistle (Scotland, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Patriot [DVD] [2000] (DVD)
As the biographer of a Scots officer killed in the Southern Campaigns of the American War, and having visited one of the locations during filming in 1999, I can say this film is historically hysterical. The script is trite, every plot 'twist' more or less signposted in neon lights, and the white-washing (I use that word deliberately) of slavery and the attribution of WW2 SS atrocities to the British Legion despicable and morally irresponsible. The geography is a little odd and the chronology is off-beam (the British occupying Charleston in 1778 instead of 1780? The battle of Cowpens in October 1780, instead of Jan. '81? ). There's the usual confusion of referring to 'England' and 'the English' when 'Britain' and 'British' are meant, which really annoys the rest of us over here! Even the uniforms of the Legion (a Loyal American unit) have been changed from green to red with green facings so US audiences will know which side they're on! - exactly as happened in Alan Alda's comedy 'Sweet Liberty'! 'The Patriot' is a flag-waving farrago (literally - there's a lot of homing-in on flags and crosses, and a flag gets used in what I'd've thought the US would consider a most disrespectful way versus a hapless SFX horse!). It's deeply offensive to those of us whose families suffered at the hands of the real-life equivalent of the film's 'heroes'. It has also annoyed the fellow-citizens and family of the former Liverpool MP on whom the anti-hero is clearly meant to be based, who was by no means as bad as Rebel propaganda and the film portrayed... However, it gets 3 stars from me for the following: a) The cinematography is beautiful, as are the women's costumes (though Charlotte (Joely Richardson) doesn't dress like a widow!). b) It does have some thrilling cavalry charges. There's a lot of boring jingoistic schmaltz to wade through between the bits where the Dragoons turn up, but they make it worthwhile... Just listen for the hoof-beats! c) There's a cracking swashbuckler of a scene in a small-scale skirmish, with the young Dragoon Colonel Will Tavington (Jason Isaacs) getting stuck into the Rebs with sabre in one hand, pistol in the other. In the '1066 & All That' phrase, "extremely dashing in all directions", and looking very, erm... Byronic (hair down, shirt open)! (Why I went to see it *twice*!) 'The Patriot' will improve on being watched in a double-bill with Alan Alda's 'Sweet Liberty', which I know the crew were watching on video while they were making it! That film was truly prophetic!
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22 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful brave Americans, evil British scum, 11 Jan 2001
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This review is from: The Patriot [DVD] [2000] (DVD)
Listening to the commentary you begin to realise that the inaccuracies in the film are due to genuine ignorance rather than malicious Brit bashing. The film is a silly American masturbatory flag waver, with hero Mel Gibson having his family murdered (a la deathwish) and being reluctantly forced into battle against an evil, one-dimensional British officer (Jason Isaacs). Amid all the church burnings (which didn't happen, but what the hey)the Americans are either brave or braver, and the British are either evil or scum (or both)...Don't bother if you have a brain.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars whoah!, 6 Feb 2004
By matt seymour (rosyth,fife) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Patriot --Superbit [DVD] [2000] (DVD)
there has been mixed reviews regarding the superbit format-essentially that you need a high defenition tv to really appreciate the improved digital transfer.well i have viewed this movie on a 32" tv and i was literally blown away! the picture is pin sharp and the soundtrack is amazing.using the dts option i was amazed at the clarity and depth of the soundtrack.i could hear every shot from the numerous battle scenes,my living room was immersed in true surround sound.the thing to remember with superbit is the inclusion of dts,which was never offered on the standard release in the uk by columbia tri-star.i cannot recommend the superbit format enough, for the inclusion of dts it gets a ten out of ten alone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A grand old-fashioned epic
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