Get the MovieNight app
Add it to your home screen — faster & full screen
Get the MovieNight app
Add it to your home screen — faster & full screen
Centropolis Entertainment
Columbia Pictures
Mutual Film Company
Not part of a collection.
Before they were soldiers, they were family. Before they were legends, they were heroes. Before there was a nation, there was a fight for freedom.
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel enlists in the army to defend their new nation, America, against the British, Benjamin reluctantly returns to his old life to protect his son.
John Chard
Feb 25, 2020 · via TMDB
Here's Mel to give the Brits an inaccurate historical thrashing, again... The Patriot is based around one Benjamin Martin, an ex-soldier, who now happily living as a family man finds himself thrust into conflict at the break of the American Revolution. He loves the Brits does Mel Gibson, "Gallipoli", "Braveheart" and here with "The Patriot", see the pattern anyone? As with the aforementioned "Gallipoli" and "Braveheart", certain liberties have also been taken with events in "The Patriot" so as to glossy up for the eager Hollywood contingent. It's not my want to scribble about the facts of Benjamin Martin (Re: Francis Marion), or William Wallace for that matter, information as such is but a mere click away on the world wide web. So casting aside the artistic licence factors, is "The Patriot" any good? Well nearly it is -- nearly. Gibson is fine, he shoulders the burden of the film with great gusto and no shortage of emotional depth. It's very easy to accept him as a staunch family man who transforms into a blood thirsty warrior. The problems, acting wise, lay away from Gibbo's central performance. Surrounded by caricature villains (though Jason Isaacs' Tavington is deliciously vile) and underwritten characters (Chris Cooper wasted and Joely Richardson is but a mere prop), Gibson has no choice but to hog the screen. So much so it ultimately turns into a one man star vehicle, which for a costume war epic isn't a great thing really. Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day" and "Godzilla") directs and handles the battle sequences very well, there's lashings of blood as men line up to shoot and dismember one and other. While cannonball's whizz, bang and tear off body parts, it's grim, yet oddly rousing stuff. Not even the overtly flag waving and sloganeering on show can off set the impact of the well constructed battles. There is of course lots of tragedy to be found in the film, and these are some what surprisingly, tenderly handled by Emmerich, but mostly it's via an on song Gibson, who remains one of the few modern day male actors capable of believable grief. All of this is given a John Williams score that suitably flits between rousing and ethereal, and things are further boosted by the sumptuous photography from Caleb Deschanel. There should have been more thought given to the racial (slaves) aspects in the conflict, and this coupled with the bad errors of under developed characters hurts "The Patriot" as a filmic exercise, not so as to stop it being entertaining, but more to stop it being a one man show. But as it is, thanks in the main to Gibson, and in spite of the overtly evident faults, it's an above average drama. 6/10
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home
fuboTV
MGM+ Amazon Channel
Peacock Premium
Philo
MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel
YouTube TV
MGM Plus
Peacock Premium Plus
Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home
Plex
Mel Gibson
Benjamin Martin
Heath Ledger
Gabriel Martin
Joely Richardson
Charlotte Selton
Jason Isaacs
Col. William Tavington
Chris Cooper
Col. Harry Burwell
Tchéky Karyo
Jean Villeneuve
René Auberjonois
Reverend Oliver
Lisa Brenner
Anne Howard
Tom Wilkinson
Gen. Cornwallis
Donal Logue
Dan Scott
Leon Rippy
John Billings
Adam Baldwin
Capt. Wilkins
Joey D. Vieira
Peter Howard
Gregory Smith
Thomas Martin
Mika Boorem
Margaret Martin
Skye McCole Bartusiak
Susan Martin
Trevor Morgan
Nathan Martin
Logan Lerman
William Martin
Mary Jo Deschanel
Mrs. Howard
Jamieson Price
Capt. Bordon
Peter Woodward
Charles O'Hara
Grahame Wood
Redcoat Lieutenant
Shan Omar Huey
Joshua
Hank Stone
Rollins
Kirk Fox
Skunk
Shannon Eubanks
Mrs. Simms
Bill Roberson
Loyalist Simms
Andy Stahl
Gen. Nathanel Greene
Kristian Truelsen
Hardwick
Kanin Howell
Postrider
Mark Jeffrey Miller
Wounded Continental
Zach Hanner
British Field Officer
John Storey
Cowpens Militiaman
John Bennes
Speaker
John Curran
Redcoat Sergeant #1
Dara Coleman
Redcoat Sergeant #2
Roy McCrerey
Redcoat
Scott Thomas
Patriot Private
Patrick Tatopoulos
French Naval Officer
Dan Kneece
Additional Camera
Dan Kneece
Camera Operator
P. Scott Sakamoto
Camera Operator
Caleb Deschanel
Director of Photography
Dan Kneece
Steadicam Operator
Deborah L. Scott
Costume Design
Barney Burman
Key Makeup Artist
Freddie Hice
Stunt Coordinator
R.A. Rondell
Stunt Coordinator
Billy D. Lucas
Stunts
Brian Brown
Stunts
Brian Duffy
Stunts
Cal Johnson
Stunts
Casey O'Neill
Stunts
Chris O'Hara
Stunts
Christian J. Fletcher
Stunts
Erik Rondell
Stunts
James M. Churchman
Stunts
Jason Rodriguez
Stunts
John C. Meier
Stunts
Josh Kemble
Stunts
Kanin Howell
Stunts
Kevin L. Jackson
Stunts
Lance Gilbert
Stunts
Larry Rippenkroeger
Stunts
Lex D. Geddings
Stunts
Lonnie R. Smith Jr.
Stunts
Matthew Taylor
Stunts
Mic Rodgers
Stunts
Mike Watson
Stunts
Patrick M. Walsh
Stunts
Stanton Barrett
Stunts
Tad Griffith
Stunts
Thomas Robinson Harper
Stunts
Tim Gilbert
Stunts
Troy Brown
Stunts
Troy Gilbert
Stunts
Nick Brandon
Utility Stunts
Keith Collea
Video Assist Operator
Roland Emmerich
Director
Paul F. Bernard
First Assistant Director
Lars P. Winther
Second Assistant Director
David Brenner
Editor
Michael McCusker
First Assistant Editor
Roland Emmerich
Executive Producer
Ute Emmerich
Executive Producer
Dean Devlin
Producer
Gary Levinsohn
Producer
Mark Gordon
Producer
Karen Baker Landers
First Assistant Sound Editor
Gary A. Hecker
Foley
George Doering
Musician
Mark O'Connor
Musician
Tom Boyd
Musician
Joel McNeely
Orchestrator
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Lee Orloff
Production Sound Mixer
Harry Cohen
Sound Designer
Harry Cohen
Sound Effects Editor
Greg P. Russell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kevin O'Connell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Acord
Utility Sound
Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser
Compositing Supervisor
Fong Nickson
Effects Supervisor
Robert Rodat
Screenplay
At the Beginning of Summer
49 Days
De Gaulle, le monarque et le Parlement
Once Upon a Time in the West
Apocalypse Now
The Lion King
Star Wars
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Elephant Man
Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit
Drei Tage im April
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Freedom Writers
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Truth & Treason
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Straight Story
Magnolia
The Terminator
The Celebration
Mississippi Burning
Apocalypto
Fried Green Tomatoes
Amores Perros
Thelma & Louise
The Dirty Dozen
Blood Diamond
The Round Up
Good Bye, Lenin!
The Man Who Would Be King
Shooting Dogs
The Double Life of Véronique
Ray
The Magdalene Sisters
The Thin Red Line
Live and Become
The Last King of Scotland
I Stand Alone
Europa '51
DIVE
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
To My Unborn Son
X-Men: First Class
Lady Joker
Reign Over Me
The Aviator
300
Breakfast on Pluto
Crash
Still Life
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Audrey's Children
KIZUMONOGATARI -Koyomi Vamp-
Irreversible
Babel
This Boy's Life
Eyes of an Angel
Brubaker
The Wild Child
Grave Decisions
Two Brothers
Lorenzo's Oil
Dear Frankie
Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg
Kung Fu Panda 2
Garden State
Traffic
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Cleopatra
Lethal Weapon 2
Nowhere in Africa
Born on the Fourth of July
Whale Rider
Jezebel
Geschminkte Jugend
Heavenly Creatures
Trial by Fire
Cold Mountain
Don't Look Now
The Queen
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Highlander
The Bank Job
Death Proof
Closer
Two Sons of Francisco
23
The Bounty
In the Valley of Elah
Standard Operating Procedure
Brothers Five
The Purple Gang
The Vancouver Asahi
Against the Law
Monster's Ball
Never Back Down
The Amazing Spider-Man
23 Blast
Hamlet Goes Business
Poetic Justice
Sex and Lucía
Jarhead
Hey, I'm Alive
Pistol: The Birth of a Legend
2 or 3 Things I Know About Him
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Max Dugan Returns
Avenger of the Seven Seas
Australia
Female Agents
Radioactive
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
DragonHeart
The Discovery of Heaven
Black Mass
Responsible Child
Clean, Shaven
The President's Last Bang
Lovers: A True Story
Diamond Singh Aam Aadmi
The Perfect Storm
Little Voice
Behind Enemy Lines
Swept from the Sea
The King of Kings
Untold Scandal
Bikini
The Bitter Taste
Mississippi Masala
Sommersby
Moonlight Shadow
Mercury Rising
Bandit
The Coast Guard
Land of Plenty
Puerto Padre
Jurassic Park III
Jumper
All Saints
The Legend of Zorro
World Trade Center
My Life Without Me
In Good Company
Agnes and His Brothers
Transfusion
The Marine
Alexander
Tender Cousins
Party Monster
The Last Mistress
The Punisher
Money Game$
The Prisoner of Zenda
5 Days of War
Hulk
Ask the Dust
The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness
To Die For
Heading South
Bruc: The Manhunt
Petos
At Point Blank
Justice for Annie
The Guardian Angel
The Passion of Ayn Rand
Killer Instinct
November
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Highlander II: The Quickening
Yoddha
Secret Mission
Sand Serpents
Samson
Mata Hari
My Name Is Max
Youth China hits headlines
Suzanne
Daayra
Flowers Bloom; Flowers Wither
Dutch & Razzlekhan
Skok
The Pipeline
Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story
In Thy Name
The Boy with the Pink Pants
Dreams of the Moon
Trash Monsters from Outer Space
Redcoat
The Desert Beyond
1917
Braveheart
Young Washington
Emancipation
The Last Samurai
Beasts of No Nation
The Woman King
Emperor
Glory
The Last of the Mohicans
Zulu
The Siege of Jadotville
Defiance
Lincoln
Outlaw King
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Free State of Jones
The Lost Battalion
Rob Roy
Battleground
The Great War
The Great Raid
Flyboys
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Gods and Generals
The Kill Team
Walking Tall
Walking with the Enemy
Firebrand
Johnny Mad Dog
Field of Lost Shoes
The Yellow Birds
Legionnaire
The Birth of a Nation
Jun 27, 2000
Jun 28, 2000
© 2025-2026 MovieNight. All rights reserved.
Versus
Sign in to play →
The Stranglers - Live '78, SF
1978
Saddle Leather Law
1944
Sign in to vote
Battle your watched movies head-to-head
Community Top Movies
Evil Dead II
1987 · 14 wins
The Dark Knight
2008 · 14 wins
Halloween
1978 · 13 wins
Final Destination
2000 · 12 wins
Halloween II
1981 · 11 wins
Trivia
Leaderboard →Playing as a guest — sign in to save your score and rank on the leaderboard.
Movie Trivia
Guess the movie from a clue — tagline, plot, cast and more. Pick from four posters.
What movie experience do you prefer?
What is your favorite movie genre?
Versus
Sign in to play →
The Stranglers - Live '78, SF
1978
Saddle Leather Law
1944
Sign in to vote
Battle your watched movies head-to-head
Community Top Movies
Evil Dead II
1987 · 14 wins
The Dark Knight
2008 · 14 wins
Halloween
1978 · 13 wins
Final Destination
2000 · 12 wins
Halloween II
1981 · 11 wins
Trivia
Leaderboard →Playing as a guest — sign in to save your score and rank on the leaderboard.
Movie Trivia
Guess the movie from a clue — tagline, plot, cast and more. Pick from four posters.
What movie experience do you prefer?
What is your favorite movie genre?
We use essential cookies to run MovieNight, plus analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google AdSense) cookies. By continuing to browse, you agree to this — or click No and we won't. See our Terms & Privacy Policy to learn more.