The Patriot (1998) 3.9
A respected doctor must race against time to find a cure for a lethal virus, unleashed by a paramilitary militia leader. Director:Dean Semler |
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The Patriot (1998) 3.9
A respected doctor must race against time to find a cure for a lethal virus, unleashed by a paramilitary militia leader. Director:Dean Semler |
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| Gailard Sartain | ... |
Floyd Chisolm
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| L.Q. Jones | ... |
Frank
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| Silas Weir Mitchell | ... |
Pogue
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| Camilla Belle | ... |
Holly McClaren
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Dan Beene | ... |
Richard Bach
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| Damon Collazo | ... |
Lt. Johnson
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Whitney Yellow Robe | ... |
Dr. Ann White Cloud
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| Brad Leland | ... |
Big Bob
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Molly McClure | ... |
Molly
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| Philip Winchester | ... |
Young Miltiaman
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| Douglas Sebern | ... |
Judge Tomkins
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Ross Loney | ... |
Clem
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Bernard O'Connor | ... |
Dr. Tom Hergot
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Leonard Mountain Chief | ... |
Grandpa
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Doctor Wesley McClaren is an immunologist in Ennis, Montana, and he has turned down an offer to join his friend Richard Bach, who lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the head of a unit called the Biological Response Team (BRT). Wesley and his daughter Holly live on a farm in Ennis, and a farmhand named Frank lives with them. Just over the hill from the farm, a 52 day standoff against militia leader Floyd Chisolm has ended. Floyd has decided to be his own attorney in court. Everyone is shocked when Floyd spits on Judge Tomkins. After the hearing, Tomkins starts feeling sick. Holly, like she always does, stops at Wesley's office after school so she can go home with Wesley. On their way home, Wesley gets a call on his mobile phone. Wesley rushes to the hospital with Holly and tells her to wait in the doctors' lounge, then Wesley is taken to see Tomkins, who looks awful. Wesley is told that Tomkins collapsed in his chambers at the court building. Wesley sees a cop collapse, while Tomkins ... Written by Todd Baldridge
The Patriot (nothing to do with the Mel Gibson film of the same name) came out Steven Seagal was still doing that 'saving the environment' thing in his movies. Which is fine. But it doesn't make for good action.
When the plot(?) of this film finally kicked in I saw the twist(?) coming a mile off. Seagal's anti-warfare, care-for-mother-nature stance is not very subtle. For a film that was originally going to debut in the cinemas it is shot very much like a TV movie despite some wonderful shots of the country by Dean Semler, the photographer of Dances with Wolves.
Steven Seagal does like 1 fight scene in the entire film and it's totally boring. As an action film it fails, as a drama it stinks, as an environmental message it's obvious. Avoid like Ebola crossed with plague.