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Mel Gibson stars in this action-packed historical drama from the director of INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA. Gibson portrays Benjamin Martin, an unassuming man who is forced to join the American Revolution when the British threaten to take his farm away from him. Together with his patriotic son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger), the pair .. Read more

Starring Mel Gibson, Joely Richardson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs
Director Roland Emmerich
Genres Action/Adventure

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The Patriot

Mel Gibson stars in this action-packed historical drama from the director of INDEPENDENCE DAY and GODZILLA. Gibson portrays Benjamin Martin, an unassuming man who is forced to join the American Revolution when the British threaten to take his farm away from him. Together with his patriotic son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger), the pair faces the vicious Redcoats with a heroism that reflects the stubborn pride of a young country's most dedicated supporters. THE PATRIOT is a sweeping epic adventure that sheds light on America's past, and at the same time entertains audiences.

Starring Mel Gibson, Joely Richardson, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Lisa Brenner, Tchéky Karyo, Tom Wilkinson, Rene Auberjonois
Director Roland Emmerich
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 38 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 55 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Genres Action/Adventure
Language English
Dubbed Hungarian
Subtitles Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 08 Jan 2001
Blu-ray: 02 Jul 2007
Production year: 2000
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    What has Mel Gibson got against the English? Five years after his Scottish epic Braveheart, he repeats his anti-English stance in this action drama, set during the American War of Independence. Mel plays Benjamin Martin, a farmer living peacefully in South Carolina who, along with his gung-ho son Gabriel (Heath Ledger), comes out fighting against the English army. The battle scenes are ferociously well-staged, but some may baulk at the almost pantomimic villainy of Jason Isaacs's cruel Colonel Tavington and the historically inaccurate atrocities he is seen to commit.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • "...Who can deny a movie that features enough bloody fights, burning houses, and grandiloquent speeches to fill three sequels to GONE WITH THE WIND?..." -- 3 out of 5 stars - A Satisfying Rental

    • Premiere
    • Posted 11 Mar 2005

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  • 15 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    A travesty

    This is a travesty of history. In all the records of the War of Independence there are no incidents of mass murder as those portrayed in this film. However, the director is German, and there are many incidents of Germans behaving like this in WWII.

      • A customer from Not Germany
      • Posted 18 Apr 2007 21:45

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    well worth a watch

    Well worth a watch, Good allround story line although you can guess the outcome still kept interesting all the way through

      • A customer from England
      • Posted 01 Sep 2004 20:25

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