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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, Amazon.com
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Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Rene Auberjonois, Joely Richardson, Jason IsaacsDirector: Roland Emmerich
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Good movie - but not as good as Braveheart.
All official EU-Languages are as subtitles on this Blu Ray beside Italian, German and the Baltic Languageas.
I can't understand Columbia Pictures why Italian and German are missing....
Audio: English PCM 5.1, Czech 5.1, French 5.1, Polish 5.1
Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Korean, Norwegain, Polish, Portuguese, Romnanina, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Special Features:
- The Art of war featurette
- The true patriots featurette
EAN: 5050629044119
All official EU-Languages are as subtitles on this Blu Ray beside Italian, German and the Baltic Languageas.
I can't understand Columbia Pictures why Italian and German are missing....
Audio: English PCM 5.1, Czech 5.1, French 5.1, Polish 5.1
Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Korean, Norwegain, Polish, Portuguese, Romnanina, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Special Features:
- The Art of war featurette
- The true patriots featurette
EAN: 5050629044119
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Excellent Blu-ray transfer of a film that was always good to look at.The colours are vibrant and the detail clarity is of a very high order for a Blu-ray transfer. Forget the historical accuracy and simply enjoy the film for it's broad sweep and fabulous cinematography. Highly recommended.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I own the DVD version and I really like it. I must say I have watched it more than a dozen times in the span of 3 years.
Today I just got the Bluray version and I must say the picture and sound quality of the transfer is very good.
It well worth paying for the bluray version IMHO.
Today I just got the Bluray version and I must say the picture and sound quality of the transfer is very good.
It well worth paying for the bluray version IMHO.
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Good Picture
this is a good film, and picture, i think that the sound is better on my dvd, and player. i think that if i had bought a good quality bluray player, as i did dvd. Read more
Published 2 months ago by M. Harrison
The Patriot
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Published 5 months ago by M J. Wheeler
absolutely recommended
that's the kind of the movie you watch and regret after that holywood producers forgot these days what means making a great movie with a great story. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Charles Burl Ellwood
Nonsense but fun
More madcap horsing around with Mel Gibson; rather like Braveheart, this film plays fast and loose with history but is an enjoyable romp along the way. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. S. Brennan
Mel at his best
Got this for my dad as he only had the dvd, the picture and sound are great much better than the dvd s i am glad i purchased it for him. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Lisa Williams
The Patriot Blu Ray UK
Here We Go
Movie - 4/5
Blu Ray Picture Quality - 4/5
Blu Ray Audio Quality - 3.5/5
Extras on Disc - 3/5
Movie - 4/5
Blu Ray Picture Quality - 4/5
Blu Ray Audio Quality - 3.5/5
Extras on Disc - 3/5
Published on 29 May 2010 by David Craig
A good watch
The movie itself is on the OK side. frankly speaking I found the Blu Ray quality to also be on the OK side. Nothing spectacular about it, but nothing wrong either
Published on 22 Mar 2010 by Mayank Chandla
Fact or Fiction?
I have watched this film on many occasions. Each time I see something new or different.
Battle scenes are fantastic and the story of the War of Independance needs to be... Read more
Battle scenes are fantastic and the story of the War of Independance needs to be... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2009 by Sowgelder
Pleasantly surprised
I'll admit that I was determined not to like this before watching it, due to:
- Hollywood's willingness to play fast and loose with history where the English are... Read more
- Hollywood's willingness to play fast and loose with history where the English are... Read more
Published on 26 July 2009 by D. C. Harrison
great
I was not keen on Mel Gibson and battle scenes. Many raving reviews and Joely Richardson convinced me. This movie is fantastic and so is the picture quality of this Blu-ray.
Published on 25 Feb 2009 by ocelot99
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