#The patriot free movie#
#The patriot free free#

There must have been many British officers less cruel-but none would have served the screenplay's purpose, which is to show Martin driven berserk by grief, rage and the need for revenge. Since Martin had merely been treating the wounded of both sides in his home, this seems excessive, and in the long run turns out to be extremely unwise for the British, since Martin goes on to more or less single-handedly mastermind their defeat. William Tavington ( Jason Isaacs), arrests Martin's eldest son Gabriel ( Heath Ledger) and takes him away to be hanged, after first shooting another of Martin's sons just for the hell of it and burning down his house. I haven't got the luxury of principles.'' But he gets some in a hurry, after the monstrous British Col. Asked about his principles by an old comrade in arms ( Chris Cooper), he replies, 'I'm a parent. He saw enough of battle in the French and Indian Wars, and was frightened by what he learned about himself. Whenever you really go into depth of the accuracy of the film you can point out a lot of incorrect details that have been screwed and toyed with to make a historical story more enjoyable to people who arenвЂ™t so interested in history.Mel Gibson stars, in a powerful and effective performance, as a widower named Benjamin Martin with seven children.

#The patriot free movie#

The movie was a very entertaining film that basically told a story of the toll the war took on a fictional family. I believe the movie, The Patriot, is historically inaccurate due to the omission of the Loyalists, depiction of the British soldiers and Continentals, views on slavery, and characterization of Tavington. Tavington and his troop trap the entire population of the village of Wakefield inside of their church and set it on fire to burn, killing all of the townspeople even after they did what he had asked of them. Tavington and his troops also murdered slaves who refused to cooperate and went on a farm-burning spree, killing the wife and child one of BenjaminвЂ™s men. In the film, Tavington murdered one of BenjaminвЂ™s sonsвЂ™ by shooting him in the back. The atrocities by Tavington and his troops were much exaggerated throughout the film. All in all, the portrayal of African Americans and slaves in the film were very historically inaccurate. Thomas Sumter paid his militiamen by using slaves seized from Tory.

Later on, Benjamin took his family to a вЂњmaroonвЂќ community of fugitive slaves to hide them from the British, but in reality they were hiding from the Patriots. This was probably the only labor arrangement in the colonial South Carolina.

#The patriot free free#

Instead, he does not have slaves but he does employee free black workers.

For the first while it was ignored as much as possible.Д«enjamin is a planter in the film, meaning he would more than likely own slaves. In the film, slavery was almost brushed off. Very seldom did the Continentals wear blue coats and white trousers. Not all British soldiers wore red uniforms. The soldiersвЂ™ uniforms also proved inaccuracies within the film. The movie made the British soldiers seem like cruel killers, which in reality they were not. The film was said to compare the British soldiers to Nazis. Although, for some odd reason the only Loyalist portrayed in the film was solider Captain Wilkins.Д«ritish soldiers, in the film, were portrayed as evil. The Loyalists also constituted one-half of the British army in the South. A significant section of the Carolinas and Georgia remained Loyal. One of the biggest inaccuracies is the omission of Loyalists. When you look at the movie in depth and detail, many factors prove The Patriot to be historically inaccurate. Benjamin finally returns with his family and fins his militia men to be rebuilding his homestead.ДЄlthough this story may sound to be historically accurate, it truly only is in a broad point of view. Cornwallis surrenders in Yorktown, Virginia to the Continental Army and the French naval force. The battle ended up to be a Continental victory and Cornwallis is forced to retreat. Benjamin gets revenge of his sonsвЂ™ death by killing Tavington in the battle. BenjaminвЂ™s militia, along with a larger Continental Army, confront Cornwallis in battle.

Tavington murdered Gabriel by stabbing him through his heart. Gabriel had thought to have mortally wounded Tavington, but it turned out that Tavington was faking. When Gabriel, one of BenjaminвЂ™s sons, gets word of what Tavington had done to the townspeople, he races to attack Tavington. When the let loose of the secret, the church doors are barricaded, trapping all of the townspeople inside, and the church is burned down. Tavington assembles all of the townspeople of the village of Wakefield into their church, promising to free them if they give up the secret location of the hideout.