Review of The Patriot (2000) by Sooper_Walrus — 28 Aug 2017

The Patriot is hard for me to review, because it has received a lot of negative attention for being historically inaccurate and allegedly "pandering" to americans by making the British characters unrealistically evil.

I agree that the movie is, at times, far too exaggerated in many ways. I also concede that the movie has many glaring inaccuracies. However, I still enjoyed The Patriot immensely as a film. The acting by Gibson and Ledger is, of course, fantastic.

The antagonist, played brilliantly by Jason Isaacs, is an absolutely loathsome scumbag, but in a way that makes you want to keep watching to see what he does next and what happens to him in the end. The film is emotional, intense, and exciting, with loads of adrenaline-pumping action scenes that all have a very real importance to the plot.

That being said, many aspects of the film are far-fetched and a little bit ridiculous. I would not, however, disregard The Patriot only because of the controversies behind it.