The movie "The Patriot" written by Robert Rodat, and also directed by Roland Emmerich, is a war and a drama movie. The movie was released in the year 2000, which stared Mel Gibson, who acted as Benjamin Martin. The movie takes place in the year 1776, in South Carolina where slavery was also very high. Mel Gibson plays as a widowed father who possesses seven children. Gabriel one of his sons is hanged after being caught, and was thought to be a spy by the British soldiers. Benjamin, and his eldest son, then fights with the colonial people in hopes of retrieving its nation's freedom. There are aspects of the movie that inaccurately depict the American Revolution; however; there are more things that are accurately told threw the movie.
Characters in the movie are portrayed as real characters in the past history; however; some characters are altered in the movie to make it less confusing. In the movie Colonel William Tavington was based on Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton is portrayed......
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