The Patriot (Special Edition)

The Patriot (Special Edition)
by Roland Emmerich

The Patriot (Special Edition)
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Actor: Chris Cooper, Heath Ledger, Jason Isaacs, Joely Richardson, Mel Gibson
Director: Roland Emmerich
Brand: Sony
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 165 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-10-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures

Movie Reviews of The Patriot (Special Edition)

Movie Review: The Patriot DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

This is an excellent movie! I purchased this movie for my mother before and decided I had to have it for myself. Especially sad watching it after Heath Ledger's death. :0(

Summary of The Patriot (Special Edition)

The Patriot tells the story of Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) a reluctant hero swept into the revolutionary war when it invades his hometown and involves his family. He takes up arms beside his son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) and leads an American militia against the redcoat army. Roland Emmerich directs this adventure filled with violent images from a turbulent era in our nations history.System Requirements:Starring: Adam Baldwin Chris Cooper Mel Gibson Tcheky Karyo Heath Ledger Joely Richardson and Tom Wilkinson. Directed By: Roland Emmerich. Running Time: 165 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2000 Columbia TriStar Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE
Aimed directly at a mainstream audience, The Patriot qualifies as respectable entertainment, but anyone expecting a definitive drama about the American Revolution should look elsewhere. Rising above the blatant crowd pleasing of Stargate, Independence Day, and Godzilla, director Roland Emmerich crafts a marvelous re-creation of South Carolina in the late 1770s (aided immeasurably by cinematographer Caleb Deschanel), and Robert Rodat's screenplay offers the same balance of epic scale and emotional urgency that elevated his earlier script for Saving Private Ryan. Unfortunately, Emmerich embraces clich?s and hackneyed melodrama that a more gifted director would have avoided. Instead of attempting a truly great film about the most pivotal years of American history, Emmerich settles for a standard revenge plot with the Revolutionary War as an incidental backdrop.

On those terms, the film is engrossing and sufficiently intelligent, especially when militia leader Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) cagily negotiates with British General Cornwallis (Tom Wilkinson) in one of the most rewarding scenes. For the most part, the story concerns Martin's anguished quest for revenge against ruthless redcoat Colonel Tavington (played with snide relish by Jason Isaacs), and the rise to manhood of Martin's eldest son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger), whose battlefield honor exceeds even that of his brutally volatile father. At its best, The Patriot conveys the horror of war among innocent civilians, and the epic battle scenes, while by no means masterful, are graphically intense and impressive. And although Ledger's love interest (Lisa Brenner) is too bland to register much emotion, the focus on family (which frequently relegates the war to background history) provides a suitable vehicle for Gibson, who matches his achievement in Braveheart with an effectively brooding performance. --Jeff Shannon

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