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So It's Not Perfect...Who Cares?
This is one of my favorite historical action/adventure flicks of all time! Sure, if you're a historian, you'll probably pick up some minor details that are off, but aren't most historical action flicks innacuracte in some way? (As long as the basic look is right, then I'm happy!)

It's got revenge, it's got a recluctant, guilt ridden hero, it's got a great tomahowk & knife versus (several) bayonets fight (my favorite scene, 'cause it looks like Mel Gibson is doing a frontier colonial American's version of martial-arts!), a pretty love interest who's nice, lovable, & not much else, a ruthless villain, & real-life historical figures interacting with the fictional leads. And it's got a (not so sublte) propaganda message, mixed in mix modern-day politically correct revisionist history. (Slavery is addressed.)

Are the dialogue, characters & situations cliches? You bet! But it's an action movie, so that's what we want! (I especially laughed at the fact that all the British were snobs! Sure, it's a stereo-type, but it's funny!)

If only high-school history class was this exciting!

Buy it!

This is not History, It's a joke.....
Devlin and Emmerich's careers as movie makers started to fizzle with this movie, and it's easy to see why, with Gibson's wooden performance and way over-kill production values, this movie was no better then Braveheart or Gladiator, Big productions with no heart.
At least the John Williams's music is nice to listen too.

Mel Gibson Scores
I remember trying to convince my cousin Sam to see this movie. I had already seen it, and I thought it was great. He kept saying "I've seen Brave Heart, and let's face it: what's so different about this movie?". I tried to tell him about the differences between the Mel Gibson characters, but he wouldn't budge. We ended up seeing X-Men, which wasn't anything of a movie. So I hope he reads this review, and he might change his mind.

Well, let's start off by saying it's partly true. Now I mean partly, because some of the scenes in the movie are unimaginable. I was listening to a call in talk show, and there was an argument about the scene where the British burn down a church with people inside. If it was true or not, it left a mark on me.

Mel Gibson plays a very powerful role. His oldest kid has just left to fight in the revolutionary war. Gibson decides to join in order to protect his family. He fought in a previous war, and his experience shows on the battlefield. He has a clever mind, and it leaves you hanging to see what he'll do next.

Another character, Heath Ledger, plays the oldest son who joins the war. His character's view on things makes it hard to figure who's right: Gibson or Ledger.

So there you have it. See the movie. Don't be afraid to cry, Half the theater was when I went. And be warned: This movie will make you think.

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