Summary
Period war drama starring Mel Gibson as a widower and committed pacifist, who is reluctantly dragged into the American War of Independence after one of his sons falls victim to a sadistic British colonel.
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The Patriot
- Action
- War
- 2000
- Roland Emmerich
- 157 mins
- 15
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What has Mel Gibson got against the English? Five years after his Scottish epic Braveheart, he repeated his anti-English stance in this film, set during the American War of Independence. Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, a farmer living peacefully in South Carolina who comes out fighting against the British army alongside his gung-ho son Gabriel (Heath Ledger). The battle scenes are ferociously well staged, but some may baulk at the pantomimic villainy of Jason Isaacs's cruel colonel, as well as the historically inaccurate atrocities that he is seen to commit.
How to watch
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Credits
Cast
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Martin | Mel Gibson |
| Gabriel Martin | Heath Ledger |
| Charlotte Selton | Joely Richardson |
| Major Jean Villeneuve | Tcheky Karyo |
| Colonel William Tavington | Jason Isaacs |
| General Cornwallis | Tom Wilkinson |
| Colonel Harry Burwell | Chris Cooper |
| Anne Howard | Lisa Brenner |
| Reverend Oliver | René Auberjonois |
| Dan Scott | Donal Logue |
| Captain Wilkins | Adam Baldwin |
| Susan Martin | Skye McCole Bartusiak |
| William Martin | Logan Lerman |
Crew
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Roland Emmerich |
Details
- Theatrical distributor
- Columbia TriStar
- Released on
- 2000-07-14
- Languages
- English | French
- Guidance
- Violence, swearing.
- Available on
- video, DVD and Blu-ray
- Formats
- Colour
