Wordiezett
So much average
Listonixio
Fresh and Exciting
Bergorks
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
Leofwine_draca
A ho-hum drama thriller which uses OUTBREAK as the basis for its plot and wastes the martial arts talents of star Steven Seagal. Any fan looking for Seagal's usual brand of bone-breaking action will be sorely disappointed by the total lack of fighting in this movie. Action is limited to one or two brief sequences and the rest of this long, long film is taken up with moralising, Native American mythology, and plenty of uninteresting dialogue. Imagine the less-than-satisfying ON DEADLY GROUND: a movie full of action, let down by some boring environmental stuff. Now swap that ratio around: a movie full of boring mundaneness, with only a few moments of action. Now you'll realise how disappointing a film THE PATRIOT is for big man Seagal and why it's his weakest movie to date.The list of flaws is an endless one. The plot is silly and contrived, the in-your-face moralising is annoying and preachy. The production values make the film look cheap and poor editing in what few action scenes there are means that it all happens too fast to see what's going on. No arms or legs are broken and the only real bit of violence (aside from some shooting) is a satisfying death involving the jagged stem of a wine glass and a man's ear. The characters are one-dimensional and the acting poor, especially from the rather dull villains who don't even do the good thing by chewing the scenery. The only familiar performer is old-timer L. Q. Jones who is wasted in a nothing part as one of those old men Seagal likes to hang around with. As for Seagal, despite looking ridiculous (glasses + shoulder length bushy hair + bright red sweat don't go) in his most overweight performance, puts in his typically gruff yet friendly part and is the best actor in the film (so you know you're in trouble). Not sure what kind of market the producers of this tosh were hoping to aim at - as an action film it's totally hopeless, as an ecological thriller it's predictable and clichéd. Any way you look at it, THE PATRIOT is a film to be avoided at all costs.
Matthew_Capitano
Steve Seagal is not so much The Patriot as he is The Aintriot.Passable Seagal flick, though not as stark as his other films while this concomitantly classifies as the end of his relevant film career.Some of those Montana mountain cabin love-it-or-leave-it dudes decide to poison society to help push their agenda that America is corrupted and going the wrong way, down the wrong road, upside down..... whatever.Steve to the rescue. He plays a Ph.D. here (*snicker*). He loves horses, insects, and his sweet little daughter who we all know will be kidnapped, but of course he will rescue her and we will all get up and leave the theater before the final credits role....She is, he does, and we do.
guitarman_luke
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.
Maziun
This movie wasn't released in cinemas . It went straight to video/DVD . Wise move , because the movie SUCKS . Also , it was kinda a prophecy for Seagal , because now he keeps making only straight-to-DVD crap. This is third movie in Seagal's ecologic trilogy ("On deadly ground" and "Fire down below" are the other two).This is more of a thriller , where Seagal plays a doctor (sic!). The movie is based on book , but I've never read the book , so I don't know how faithful it is to the book. Anyway , the plot is filled with terrible stupidity and not too much of action . Seagal's tries to act . "Tries" is the right word. Unless you can count his smile as an acting ability. The movie is quite nicely photographed by the same guy , who worked on "Dancing with the wolves". This is the best thing about this movie.If you like good thriller go somewhere else. If you like action go somewhere else . If you like Seagal he had better movies . I give it 1/10.
