First off, the setting and costuming are excellent - kudos to the set designer and costuming department.
But, for the writers...
This is a formulaic, by-the-numbers, uber-patriotic, senselessly brutal tale of revenge by a single father set in the Revolutionary war, attempting to masquerade as a Revolutionary War piece.
It's bad. Crappy lines all around - overblown, self-righteous speeches from pretty much the entire leading cast. From a historical events perspective, it's far worse than the main page lets on. About the only thing close to being accurate is the naming of specific battles; those that we do see are terribly staged and horribly wrong, and all the other fighting and events exist in a moral bubble designed by the writers to make Mel Gibson look like a hero.
The British deserved better than this awful piece of film making. Heck, the Colonials (both Loyalist and Revolutionary) deserved far better; to at least not have their historical memory used as celluloid toilet paper to wipe a Patriot's behind.
Film Historical Revenge Porn...
First off, the setting and costuming are excellent - kudos to the set designer and costuming department.
But, for the writers...
This is a formulaic, by-the-numbers, uber-patriotic, senselessly brutal tale of revenge by a single father set in the Revolutionary war, attempting to masquerade as a Revolutionary War piece.
It's bad. Crappy lines all around - overblown, self-righteous speeches from pretty much the entire leading cast. From a historical events perspective, it's far worse than the main page lets on. About the only thing close to being accurate is the naming of specific battles; those that we do see are terribly staged and horribly wrong, and all the other fighting and events exist in a moral bubble designed by the writers to make Mel Gibson look like a hero.
The British deserved better than this awful piece of film making. Heck, the Colonials (both Loyalist and Revolutionary) deserved far better; to at least not have their historical memory used as celluloid toilet paper to wipe a Patriot's behind.
Avoid.