The Patriot

The Patriot (2000) is a historical action film directed by Roland Emmerich — watch online on iFILM. Mel Gibson plays Benjamin Martin, a South Carolina farmer and veteran of the French and Indian War who swore never to fight again. Columbia Pictures, 165 minutes.

Martin wants nothing to do with the colonial uprising against British rule. Then the war comes to his farm. His eldest son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) enlists, and the ruthless Colonel Tavington (Jason Isaacs) makes the kind of choice that leaves a father no options. Martin pulls together a ragged militia and turns the Carolina woods into a battlefield where redcoat formations mean nothing — and one furious man means everything.

Filmed on a $110 million budget, the picture earned over $215 million worldwide. Tom Wilkinson plays the composed but calculating General Cornwallis. Stream The Patriot (2000) in high quality on iFILM.