The Patriot
2000
**½
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Tom Wilkinson
A war hero and a single father of seven refuses to fight in the War of Independence, until his family comes in jeopardy that is. This potentially gripping epic is spoiled by one-dimensional characters and constant slow motion gore, which is not appropriate in this context. Mel Gibson is dynamic in the lead, but Braveheart this is not.
