This is a good movie, but the direction was contrived and the audience I felt was unabashadely manipulated . The sequence for instance where the youngest daughter finally speaks to her father ( Mel Gibson ) is excessively corny and predictable. Also the villain is so grotesquely evil , it is impossible to believe . No historian on earth would give an ounce of credit to this portrayal of a British Army officer . Now , there were instances of Hessian atrocities during this war ( these were German mercenaries hired by the British ) but the conduct of the British in this film is totally out of context . It may sound like I didn't like the film but I did , I just wish Mel Gibson didn't have to soft soap audiences with his own distortions of history . He is a great presence on film and his sometimes awful dialogue (not just in this movie) is not always his fault . I don't blame the British public from being angered over the callous treatment of an army that was not the great superior force it was portrayed to be. Thanks......
Review of The Patriot
