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The Patriot [Region 2]
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Starring: Steven Seagal, Gailard Sartain, L.Q. Jones, Silas Weir Mitchell, Camilla Belle
Directed By: Dean Semler
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5050582266313
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
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Summary: Doesn't Call For Flag-Waving
Comment: "The Patriot" is a bit of an odd vehicle for Steven Seagal...
While it's not nearly his worst movie ever, you'd be hard-pressed to find somebody who would include it in a top-ten list.
Loosely based on a novel by William Heine, the plot features Seagal - as a Montana doctor and a supposed patriot - attempting to reverse the actions of a right-wing militia, which has let loose a deadly biological agent on Seagal's hometown.
For one thing, the movie has very few outright action scenes: there's some punching, some shooting, some neck-stabbing, but in very few of these situations is an actual fight or confrontation involved. In addition, there's not a single car (or horse) chase in the film.
This decisive lack of Seagal's bread-and-butter moves me to consider that "The Patriot" is not an action film, but more of a thriller; the movie's theme would certainly speak for it, as it draws parallels to Dustin Hoffman's "Outbreak" - a disease without a cure, racing against time, applying the scientific method, etc.
The film was also Seagal's first straight-to-video feature (in the US), but is of no lower technical or dramatic quality than his previous "Glimmer Man" or "Fire Down Below". Though the movie's environmentalist message might irritate some folks, it does have some things going for it: the supporting cast - headed by Gailard Sartain ("The Real McCoy") and L.Q. Jones ("Lone Wolf McQuade") - is respectable, Seagal puts a bit more effort than usual into his role as a father, and he's not quite as omnipotent as he tends to be in movies...after all, he doesn't discover the cure; Whitney Yellow Robe (who never acted in another movie) does.
Enjoying "The Patriot" eventually boils down to a matter of opinion: do you disregard this film because Steven Seagal isn't about to win an Oscar, or do you enjoy it just because it has Steven in it?
Personally, I tend to like it...but, again, he's done much better.
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Summary: thought it was a great movie
Comment: I thought it was wonderful to see seagal in a different type of movie. It got his message across, It had a little bit of everything in it ,not JUST action. It had a story line that was different for him and showed him as a father and a doctor -not the old CIA or EX CIA operative. He wasn't an assassin or a cop. He was a doctor. soo his character didn't need to kill everyone he needed to find a cure and keep his daughter safe. I liked the movie a lot BECAUSE it showed him in a different role and not the same type of character he usually plays.Give the guy a break! How many action movies can one make!before they all seem the same.
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Summary: Gorgeous scenery - and another side of Steven Seagal
Comment: Here's a film where Seagal doesn't just go through those regular paces we all love him for, which is probably why most of the viewers reviewing this film here are disappointed. I wasn't disappointed at all, and next to Under Siege, this is my favorite Seagal movie. Not just because of the beautiful scenery, not just because Seagal plays a doctor who cares more about helping his patients get well than he does getting paid, not just because he gives both the government officials and the militia-extremists a real piece of his mind. Not even because of the role that Native American traditions and healing methods play in this film.
Maybe for all those things. Or maybe because this take-no-prisoners 'tough guy' is a fine role model of a terrific father to his daughter in this film. It's a real treat to see this side of Seagal and it adds a dimension to his character that makes this more than just an action movie.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of enemies to defeat here, and Seagal defeats them all -- including the 'invisible enemy' of biochemical disease. Not bad, not bad at all. Better than good in fact.
Five stars.
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Summary: Action Thriller
Comment: A great Segal movie. He takes care of a rpoblem no one else wants to try to.
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Summary: Middle of the road.
Comment: This is the beginning of Seagal's direct to cable, dvd, etc. career.
It's not nearly one of his best works, but by all means not the worst either. I am a diehard seagal fan and will watch anything he puts out, but for the average action movie fan, I would only recommend this one if you're satisfied with a middle of the road entry in the genre.
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