In The Patriot, that presidential figure is Gibson, which tracks with his prominence a quarter-century ago; 2000 also saw the release of the rom-com What Women Want, which makes it perhaps the ...

As is demonstrated to great effect in “The Patriot,” guerrilla-style war was an extreme departure from then-accepted battlefield codes. Indeed, it was considered to be immoral.

The Patriot also stars Joely Richardson, Jason Isaacs, and Chris Cooper, and currently sits at a 61% score from critics and an 82% rating from general audiences on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.