The Patriot (1998)

Fantastic!

Admirable film.

Absolutely brilliant

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The final scene with the choppers dropping flowers for people to collect and make tea is real idiotic. I wonder how have they dared to film this nonsense. Seagal has worked alongside some good actors, hasn't he learned anything? This movie should be called "1995. Outbreak. A Bizarre Homemade Remake".

The premise starts out good, but falls apart with each passing scene. I found nothing believable about any of it. Segall's acting is flat as usual. Devoid of emotion. His character is laughable as it does not fit his stereotypical character. Nor does his being able to perform special forces maneuvers fit his supposed brainiac character in this film. I am not a Segall fan to start with, but this is lower than his average. He should stick to the paramilitary type characters. And a personal suggestion would be that he find himself a comic relief to play opposite his straight man persona. And for God's sake, yell or laugh or cry once in a while.

Man, I think people have forgotten how to watch a movie. Everyone thinks they're a critic. They comment on things that the average movie goer doesn't even know or think about.I enjoyed the film. It was what I was expecting therefore was not disappointed. Steven gets a bad rap for putting his views into his films but that's also a reason to watch. What's even more funny is the people that complain about his films, say he's the worst and that we shouldn't watch his films, yet watch his movies anyway. All so they can comment on how bad they are. Who's the dummy? If you don't like his work, don't watch it. Then you won't have to subject yourself to this supposedly painful event.Stop comparing movies to other movies and watch a movie on an individual basis and you may begin to enjoy films again.

I do not really have a problem with B-films. I do have a problem with B-films that seem to think they are not and therefore take themselves too seriously. With 'The Patriot' the cinematography and music show us how serious the film is meant. It even plays a version of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" when helicopters are seen. Of course Steven Seagal always looks like he is the star of 'Terms of Endearment' as well.I will not talk about the plot too much since it does not really matter. I can say it is a mix between you typical Steven Seagal film and 'Outbreak'. We have Seagal as a doctor who used to be CIA, a villain who infects a town with a virus, a lot of coincidences and of course Seagal who saves the day. Nothing new here, all done a lot better in other films, this is another bad one from Steven Seagal.