The American Revolution inspired the directors to create this movie. The main character is Benjamin Martin, played by Mel Gibson, who is a hero of the French/Indian conflict. But with all that behind him all he wants to do is raise his family and some crops. However, he gets pulled into American revolutionary war when a brutal British commander impairs his second oldest son, Gregory Smith. In his rage and anger, the "ghost" appeared and slaughtered British men with his gang of anti-British men. As the plot runs along on it's way, Benjamin Martin eventually joins the American army in the epic battle for freedom. This movie then turns into a movie for flag, country and gore. This is, after all, a pretty good movie, but not very trustworthy in it's history point of view. .
There is not much value in this movie as a visual portrayal of the American Revolution as most of the events that happen in this movie is fictional and did not happen. For example, in the movie, showed that the English burned down houses and such, but there were no evidence that this actually happened. That event in the movie was simply a Hollywood hoax. Another example is the final heroic battle in the movie. There was no name for that battle because it didn't actually happen. For the reasons above, this movie is not one of exact comparison to the real American Revolution.
In this film, the Americans were always the heroic, humble people who were always right. This movie made the Americans seem like rough angels from heaven who just want a taste of freedom. The British were always portrayed as the bad guys in the movie. They did every bad thing you could think of for an antagonist; they killed innocent, burned villages of people etc. With the British portrayed like this, it made it seem that the American Revolution was a glorious and yet a right thing to do for the Americans. The Black people also played a part in this film.
