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During the American Revolution in 1776, Benjamin Martin, a veteran of the French and Indian War and a widower with seven children,
is called to Charleston to vote in the South Carolina General Assembly on a levy supporting the Continental Army. Fearing war against
Great Britain, Benjamin abstains; the vote is nonetheless passed and, against his father's wishes, Benjamin's eldest son Gabriel
joins the Continentals. Two years later Charleston falls to the British and a wounded Gabriel returns home carrying dispatches. The
Martins care for both British and American wounded from a nearby battle, before British Dragoons, led by the ruthless Colonel William
Tavington, arrive, arrest Gabriel with the intention of hanging him as a spy, and take captive the African American free men and women
who work Benjamin's land. When Benjamin's second son Thomas tries to free Gabriel, he is shot and killed by Tavington, who then orders
the Martins' house burned, and wounded Americans executed. After the British leave, Benjamin gives his next two eldest sons rifles,
and they ambush the British unit escorting a tied Gabriel. Benjamin skillfully, yet brutally, kills many soldiers with his tomahawk.
A British survivor tells Tavington of the attack, earning Benjamin the moniker of the "Ghost". Gabriel decides to rejoin the Continentals
and Benjamin soon follows, leaving the younger children in the care of Benjamin's sister-in-law, Charlotte. On their way to the
continental Army's camp, they witness the southern Continental Army under General Horatio Gates engaging the British Army. Benjamin
recognizes the foolishness of the action; sure enough, the Continentals are decisively routed.
Benjamin meets his former commanding officer, Colonel Harry Burwell, who makes him colonel of the local colonial militia due to his
combat experience and also places Gabriel under Benjamin's command. Benjamin is tasked with keeping Lord Cornwallis's regiments
pinned south through guerrilla warfare. French Major Jean Villeneuve helps train the militia and promises more French aid.
Gabriel asks why Villeneuve and others often mention Benjamin's role in something called "Fort Wilderness." Benjamin, having
been hesitant to answer the question up to now, finally tells his son the story. Benjamin had been fighting in the British Army
in the French and Indian War when he and several other soldiers discovered a French atrocity at a fort that Benjamin and his
comrades had been trying to reinforce. In a bloodthirsty rage, Benjamin and his comrades caught up with the French at Fort
Wilderness, where Benjamin and his unit literally cut the defending French soldiers apart slowly. Benjamin reveals that he has
been haunted by guilt ever since. Benjamin's militia harass British supply lines, even capturing some of Cornwallis' personal
effects and his two Great Danes, and burn half the bridges and ferries leading to Charleston. Lord Cornwallis blames Tavington
for creating this reaction with his brutal tactics. However, irritated at the lack of progress, and insulted by Benjamin's
clever ploy to free some of the captured militia, Cornwallis reluctantly allows Tavington to stop Benjamin by any means necessary.
With the reluctant aid of the Loyalist Captain Wilkins, Tavington learns the identities of some militia members and proceeds to
attack their families and burn their homes. Benjamin's family flees Charlotte's plantation as it is burned to live in a Gullah
settlement with former black slaves. There, Gabriel marries his betrothed Anne. Tavington's brigade rides into the town that
supplies the militia. He assembles all the townspeople, including Anne, into the church promising freedom in exchange for the
whereabouts of the rebels. However, after the location is given the doors are barricaded, trapping the people as Tavington orders
the church burned, killing them all in a cold-blooded act of mass-murder. After discovering the tragedy, Gabriel and several
others race to attack Tavington's encampment. In the ensuing fight, Tavington mortally wounds Gabriel before fleeing. Benjamin
arrives soon after, only to have another of his sons die in his arms. Benjamin mourns and wavers in his commitment to continue
fighting, but is resolved when reminded of his son's dedication to the cause by finding an American flag he repaired personally.
Martin's militia, along with a larger Continental Army regiment, confronts Cornwallis' regiment in a decisive battle at the Battle
of Cowpens. The British appear to have the upper hand until Benjamin rallies the troops forward against their lines and Tavington
rushes to personally target him. The two duel and Tavington gains the upper hand, delivering several wounds to Benjamin. A beaten
Benjamin slumps to his knees, and Tavington prepares to deliver the coup de grāce. At the last second, however, Benjamin dodges
the attack and stabs Tavington to death, avenging his sons' deaths. The battle is a Continental victory and Cornwallis is forced
to retreat.
After many eventual retreats, Cornwallis is besieged at Yorktown, Virginia where he surrenders to the surrounding Continental Army
and the long-awaited French naval force. After the conflict ends, Benjamin returns with his family and discovers his militia men
rebuilding his homestead in their new nation.
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Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, Chris Cooper, Tom Wilkinson
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Director: Roland Emmerich
Producers: Dean Devlin, Mark Gordon, Gary Levinsohn
Released - June 30, 2000
Length - 158 minutes
Music Composer: John Williams
Movie Distributed by Columbia Pictures
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