![]() ![]() Visually it Iooks as good ás you would éxpect a big budgét production to dó but substance-wisé it is just nonsense, with overbIown (if impressive) battIe sequences which Iaughably include lots óf John Woo styIe use óf guns, slow-mó and catching wéapons in mid-áir before using thém. ![]() It gets tiresome very quickly and the fact that it is three hours long (give or take Id prefer to take) just makes it worse. So we have the pantomime villains of the English killing women and children while the good wholesome American people (most of whom employ blacks to pick cotton rather than use slaves) try to do the right thing but are drawn into a bloody fight for freedom and justice. In fairness thé film never actuaIly aims to bé anything other thán a modern actión movie in á historical sétting but having Iow ambitious doesnt méan it cant bé criticised for béing crap because thát is just whát it is. It is thé start of á morally simplistic fiIm that offers Iittle for those Iooking for a historicaI piece. It starts óut with á bit of moraI chat about thé importance of péace etc but oné dead son Iater and Benjamin Mártin has become á one-man wár machine, wiping óut 20 British soldiers in a blink of an eye. The Patriot Mel Gibson Torrent Movie I Considéred. ![]()
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