Tonight on Netflix: Eclipsed by Gladiator 25 years ago, this war film with Mel Gibson is great

On July 12, 2000, after Braveheart, Fatal Weapon 4 or what women want, Mel Gibson returned to the cinema to Patriot, Le Chemin de La Liberté. Director Roland Emerich, this war film is unjustly forgotten today when it is one of the best performances of Mel Gibson.

An epic story

The story compiled by real facts led us to South Carolina in 1776. The conflict between the separatists and the English is inevitable. Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) knows well what the war is and he does not want it. This former hero of fighting against the French and Indians does not know the violence of armed clashes.

Today the widow, she raises her 7 children only in the plantation. His eldest son, Gabriel (Hit Ledger), joined his father’s advice. When the English troops, who were commanded by Colonel Tavgton, go to the door of his property is too late.

Filmed with a comfortable budget of $ 110 million was a mixed success that was collecting only 215 million green tickets around the world. In France, he still attracted 1.2 million spectators, a beautiful score if there is one 2 hours and a 45 -minute war film.

Rivalry with a gladiator

With Epic and Grandiose, Dantesque Battle Scenes, the Patriot is the main fresco, which was unfortunately experienced by the release of a gladiator that landed in June 2000, one month before Roland Emerich’s film. The triumph of the feature film, along with Russell Crow, overshadowed other works that came out this summer. 25 years later, patriot deserves to be largely present!

In addition, the film caused some confrontation when it came out of production because of its historical freedoms. However, this does not interfere with the characteristic and firmly interpretive show. In addition to Mel Gibson and Hit Ledger, casting is absolutely fabulous, namely French Tchki Caro, Jason Isaac, Chris Cooper, Gregory Smith and Joel Richardson.

Go to Netflix if you want a big show with Mel Gibson!