The Patriot

(2000)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 4,475 votes

Genres: Drama, History, War, Action

Year: 2000

Runtime: 165 мин

Country: Germany, United States of America

Director: Роланд Эммерих

Cast: Мел Гибсон, Хит Леджер, Джоэли Ричардсон, Джейсон Айзекс, Крис Купер, Чеки Карио, Рене Обержонуа, Лиза Бреннер, Том Уилкинсон, Донал Лог

Plot

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.

It is 1776 in colonial South Carolina. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, now wants nothing more than to live peacefully on his small plantation, and wants no part of a war with the most powerful nation in the world, Great Britain. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can't wait to enlist in the newly formed "Continental Army." When South Carolina decides to join the rebellion against England, Gabriel immediately signs up to fight...without his father's permission. But when Colonel William Tavington, British dragoon, infamous for his brutal tactics, comes and burns the Martin Plantation to the ground, tragedy strikes. Benjamin quickly finds himself torn between protecting his family, and seeking revenge along with being a part of the birth of a new, young, and ambitious nation.