The Patriot
Starring:Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Tcheky Karyo, Jason Isaacs, Joely Richardson, Chris Cooper, Rene Auberjonois, and Tom Wilkinson.
Rating:R; For war violence.
Running Time:165 Minutes.
Plot:A hero of te fierce French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin (Gibson) had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. But when British arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger what he holds most dear, Martin takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel (Ledger), and leads a brave rebel Milita into battle against a relentless and overwhelming English army. In the process, he discovers the only way to protect his family is to fight for a young nation's freedom.
Karyo plays the French General Jean Villeneuve, sent to America to help train the Militia. A man silently tormented by the death of his wife and two daughters by the English army, Villeneuve fights more for veneangce than victory. As we see more and more of his character, he gets closer in friendship to Martin. Villeneuve sees the end of the war, but what happens to him after is not known.