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Starring: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper
Director: Roland Emmerich
An excellent film that has Mel Gibson as a peaceful farmer who wants nothing more than to raise crops and children, but when a cruel foreign army rips this world apart, he has no choice but hoist his giant sword and…. Wait. What? That’s Braveheart? Oops. The Patriot? Never heard of it. Oh wait, now I remember.
Okay, change the sword to a musket and I don’t have to re-write that first paragraph…well, except for the excellent part. Its pretty clear that Gibson took his Braveheart formula, poured it into an American mold, slapped a new picture on the cover and danced around the room singing Abba’s Money, Money, Money.
All right, all jokes aside (and I COULD go on for awhile, yet), this isn’t a bad movie. Mel is an ex-soldier who wants to stay out of the American Revolution erupting all around him, but jumps into the fray with a gun in one hand and a tomahawk in the other when it explodes into his pastoral world.
Who can resist cheering for the peaceful, little guy finally rising up to stomp the ass of some really evil, one-dimensional stereotype? Good action scenes, steady acting and a story that just manages to stay on the right side of ridiculous make this enjoyable enough for action fans and women who love Mel’s butt.
