That's AWESOME. I hope this makes you laugh, but Titanic sadly was the last theater movie I saw with mine. He never forgave me for letting my teenage GF convince my mom to drag him to that movie😂😂😂. He died on the 100th anniversary of that beautiful ship going down, almost to the minute. He had an awesome/hilarious/evil sense of humor, and I swear he did it as payback😂😂😂😂😂
And what exactly are you proud of? Our America is dead. Grow up and deal with it. My America was a shining beacon of Light and Hope- not a bunch of senile Nazi scumbags openly discussing the genocide of the people of Donbass.
Jason Isaacs' portrayal of Colonel Tavington seems to get all the praise, but I think Peter Woodward's portrayal of Gen Charles O'Hara is grossly underrated
I think that's probably more owing to the size of the respective roles than any particular knock on his performance. Tavington is the one who, throughout, seems to be moving the action along. O'Hara is generally depicted as just a regular part of Cornwallis' entourage. But he does hold his own well in the scene where he has to restrain Tavington.
Explain. What IS happening to it today? Corporate greed? Remember tales of the Robber Barons? Diversity? Remember slavery? You can be 100% confident that some Americans will be saying the same thing another 120 years from now.
@@bignick2k215 true enough but for how long with what's going on in this country'seems that there is an awful lot of people that don't have a problem giving up our freedoms for freebies 😒
@@bignick2k215 you and I both know it's not just about the freebies! People especially are young people are being taught to hate this country everything about it is bad they've been indoctrinated by the left by are schools / colleges by the entertainment industry the list goes on and on 😑 they want us to believe that are worth is based on the color of our skin what are sexual preferences and again the list goes on and on'so in your opinion where are we headed ?
Fun fact. Midway through the fight Tavington was supposed to use his bayonet to stab Benjamin as he recovered from the last lock up. That’s why suddenly Benjamin seems to be moving much more slowly and seems to be backing off as if he’s unsure of his footing before being slashed in the back of the knee because he can’t move his midsection as well. Then when tavington slashes his back it was to slash at the exposed tip of the bayonet in Benjamin’s back that he hits. Lastly the bayonet that Benjamin kills Tavington with was supposed to be the one stuck in his side that he pulls out and stabs tavington in the throat with. In short this fight scene was originally a lot more gruesome with a way more metal ending to it but they cut it out because it was too graphic. (Seriously you would’ve seen the bayonet come out of Benjamin’s side trailing blood and flesh. It was crazy).
That's good to know cause i always wondered why he just suddenly seemed much weaker and in severe pain when blocking when, so far, he had just been slashed on the arm and shoulder.
Love this scene. It's an honorable fight. Look at the background it's straight up ruthless war but both sides see this duel to the death and don't interfere. Yes yes I know this movie isn't historically accurate. However I want to remind everyone, as an American, that if the French had not showed up that things would be significantly different.
Actually there were probably more Americans fighting on the side of the British by the time the war ended. The battles between the patriot and loyalist militias were some of the most brutal fighting of the war, with little quarter given.
@@netpackrat About 25,000 colonists fought for the British Army during the entire course of the American Revolution. Washington had 8000-9000 Americans under his command at Yorktown. About 200,000 colonists served in the Continental Army or one of the state militias at some point during the war.
this movie is beautiful; I can definitely feel for Benjamin and his leadership and lost. Gabriel will always be remember as a noble and kind son; gentle in spirt but vengeful as an fallen archangel...
So died Tarleton (“Tavington”)! Actually, he went home, became the most notorious roux in Europe, who, “killed more men and ruined more women than any man in Europe”, married a young and beautiful heiress and lived to a great age in luxury. Still highly regarded in Cheshire where this film did not go down at all well.
Love the close up at 3:39 of Tavington getting skewered. Should have then cut to either a close up of the bayonet exiting his back or a wide shot of him being impaled to drive home the idea that Benjamin Martin is using that weapon to prop Tavington up from the ground before he deals the final death blow. I also wished after Tavingtons death reaction shot after getting stabbed in the throat (when they go to the over the shoulder shot of Martin yanking the second bayonet piece out of him) that they added a VFX of the blade sticking out of the back of Tavingtons neck with some blood trinkling down. I think that would have been a cool effect if done correctly and possibly in camera. I just think villains deserve very gruesome deaths like Boddicker in Robocop
When I see the bravery of these men, being able to show up for battle and being very sure you could die a horrific death. Those fields they stained in red, for an idea, for a possible future that they could probably never see. Those men were heroes. From those unbelievable times to the mockery of today. To this disaster about to close in in so many ways. What happened to us? How low we have gotten. I think we have failed as a civilization. If those men were alive, oh the things they would say about today! starting by "was it even worth it?".
For them, it was worth it. For us now, having removed God from everything and adopting the errs of Russia, aka Marxism, it would seem that it wasn't worth it. It was and still is worth fighting for, but it has to start with putting God first in our lives again.
The weight that John Williams' soundtrack carries in this scene is very poetic, as if the man was on the verge of madness about himself, this film is a classic. ❤
I loved mel gibson getting his revenge but as a kid i couldnt understand why none of the blue coats helped him when he's on his knees about to be decapitated. Dude is waiving a flag like 10 feet away
@@Allsoproductions only dumbass millenials think everything needs to be criticized,it's a f$&king movie made up of fantasy. If you think you can do better, write your own book.
"My hope and prayer, is that the sacrifcies born by so many will spawn and fulfill the promise of our new nation" As United Americans, may we never take for granted the shade from a tree planted by our forefathers.
My part Comanche father took a tomahawk into the Korean War. A member of 25th Infantry Division. He took scalps, hometown paper even wrote up an article about it. Apparently, he terrorized the crap out of the Chinese. Later he Took two bayonet wounds, shoulder and left abdomen. He was lucky to survive. Never, ever talked about it. We saw his wound scars rarely as he always wore a shirt.
Just goes to show you how arrogance was these officers downfall. The one did not respect the civilian farmer soldier militia so the other officer didn’t respect the man leading the civilian militias so they both charged over the hill with their Calvary as well as their main force out of supporting cannon range then fell right into the ambush just placed over the hill for them to fall into. It really does go back to the fact that knowing your enemy is the best way to defeat them
@@georgelonghurst2672no that’s what actually happened in the Battle of Cowpens. They really did use the tactic of using two militia volleys and then a retreat to lure the British into the killing fields. It was a pincer or double envelopment tactic. The only time it was used during the war
3:15 those Americans seemed to be more concerned with flying the American flag than helping Mel Gibson. Tavington was also apparently a lone British officer in a sea of Americans yet no American noticed him.
Yes, and also virtually the same guy, in many respects. Both about the same age, and size. Both handsome men, dark haired with blue eyes. Both great natural fighters...both brave and strong...both intelligent and determined....Martin is somewhat reminiscent of the character Eastwood played in Unforgiven...a violent man who was reformed-at least, to a degree- through the influence of a virtuous wife. Tavington doesn't seem to have any such civilizing influence in his life! In any event, I think their rivalry is one of the strongest assets of the film.
2:55 Benjamins sees American troops seizing the day, but in his eyes, all he cares about is vengeance for his sons. He makes his move and kills Tavington and turns away even before Tavington falls to re-look at the Revolution succeeding. Such a cold, badass move. Mel Gibson and Jason Isaacs made a master class of acting.
So first yes this scene was epic but seeing all the american soldiers just run past as Tavington was about to behead Benjerman makes in unbelievable. Seriously someone should have seen that and realized "Oh crap I gotta help him!". If there was still a bunch of fighting going on yeah maybe they would have been too busy to help but not the way it was filmed here
You don’t really understand warfare. The Americans gained the initiative and forward movement was paramount for success. During hand-to-hand combat, it’s mostly protect yourself first, help your buddy next. And in the confusion, this duel would probably not have been noticed.
Aye someone(s) stumbling in to interrupt the fight might have helped there. You can do that different ways, and still have an epic final clash between them.
@@oilersridersbluejays Yeah still unbelievable though if you watch from 2:55 onwards there are literally no other British redcoats shown (living) and dozens of American's literally inches to feet from Benjerman and Tavington just running past. I mean seriously in reality someone would have seen that, they just needed to give Mel his plot armor moment
@@oilersridersbluejaysnah bro it was just a silly moment so they could have the cute shot of the colonials rushing towards victory. IRL both of them would've long since been stabbed by other troops in the vicinity.😂😂😂
"How could it have come to this? An army of rabble. Peasants." “I had rather have a plain russet-coated captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a gentleman and is nothing else.” -Oliver Cromwell
Tavington was based on an actual officer named Tarlton. So brutal, that giving tarleton's quarter meant executing prisoners, sick and wounded. Was buried in England, without honors.
American propaganda, useful for riling up the rubes. In reality he was nowhere near as bad as the rebels painted him, and certainly no worse than the average American.
@@JB-lp9xr Not to the colonists they didn't but there is one recorded instance dated more than 130 years earlier where the British did that to Irish civilians during the Irish rebellion. This movie is historically inaccurate in many ways. It portrayed the British as pure evil when the real Cornwallis wanted to make peace with the colonists and sympathize with them. It's also known that in the Battle of Yorktown, a naval tactic that hadn't been invented until decades later was where if a navy is outnumbered they can still get in among an enemy fleet making them very difficult to hit and the enemy risk hitting each other. If the Royal Navy had had that tactic, they could've won the naval battle against the French despite being outnumbered and Cornwallis would've escaped to England. The French would've been severely disadvantaged since they were at anchor. Even if Cornwallis had escaped it's unlikely he would've returned with another army as the war was draining the British treasury and support for the war was rapidly declining. Britain was already heavily in debt before the Revolutionary War because of fighting in the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian Wars. That's why they taxed the colonists heavily to replenish the treasury.
@@baddriversofmoosejaw8681 "Not to the colonists they didn't " Um, yes, this one did. Banistre Tarelton (pardon my spelling) was so known for brutality in the war that he was personally censured by not only Cornwallis but even King George himself. That's quite literally what the OP already said.
I love our country and love my Grandfathers that fought in the war. I have 8 Grandfathers that served in the Continental Army and about 35-40 in the militia. My 6th Great Grandfather Alexander Cleveland was at Yorktown with 3 of his brothers in the Virginia militia under Gen. Nelson
It's a fine movie; it's pleasant for entertainment. But it is also blatant propaganda that has little connection to historical events other than the uniforms
We still owe France a lot for Helping us gain our freedom even though we also helped them during the world wars we probably would been naming kids cornwallace Cornelius with last names like Covington our leaders would be dukes princess and we would kneel to a king or queen but because of the French just like mance Ryder said “ we do not kneel to anyone this side ( of the wall ) this side of the Atlantic
There would have been a far greater fate had we lost the war. We would have had to have watched cricket all day while eating cucumber sandwiches. Also, we would have had to have stopped work every day at 4 o’clock, to drink tea. Not to mention the compulsory wearing of bowler hats and a diet of fish and chips!
Most revolutionary war military firearms did not have rifling (some did). But Martin was a militia leader, so his pistol would likely not have been military issue, rather something he already owned, or had picked up along the way. Rifled pistols were not uncommon at that time. OTOH, if a ball were so undersized (or loaded without a patch) that it could have been just dropped into the bore as in the movie during the heat of battle, the rifling wasn't doing him any good. That actually makes some sense for a combat reload... The initial load you went into battle with would be properly loaded with a patched ball to grip the rifling, in order to give the best possible accuracy. But then if you had to reload (assuming you had the chance), you wouldn't have time for all that.
So imagine damn near being butchered, and all of the surrounding soldiers just keep trucking as if you aren't there. I guess people really did respect the 1v1....
They also gained the initiative. Forward movement was far more important than stopping to watch two wounded men duel it out. Might sound cruel, but that’s what warfare is about.
@@oilersridersbluejaysthey didn't need to stop their advance, nor did they need to watch. All they needed was send like 10 men to gang up on Tavington while they rest marched forward.
The psychotic British officer was actually named Banastre Tarleton. He was not killed in real life but went on to become a successful playwright and Member of Parliament who helped to block bills to end the British slave trade.
I think film wants to say to us, that ones who move by vengance, are going to lose. His son, was moved by vengance, dyed, father was at fist figthing whit vengance, was losing. Tavington, who try to hit him whit vengance dyes. Its like film says to us, that only those ones whit cleare mind achive his objetives. At last moments, father sems to move by something more than vengance against his enemy.
For context, Travington has a burning piece of metal embedded in his shoulder, and he still manages to make sport of a veteran like Martin. That speaks volumes of his skill as a swordsman.
This was the last movie I watched with my dad before he died in 2019, and it will always remain the greatest movie to me.
Not a bad note to end on. 👍
That's AWESOME. I hope this makes you laugh, but Titanic sadly was the last theater movie I saw with mine. He never forgave me for letting my teenage GF convince my mom to drag him to that movie😂😂😂. He died on the 100th anniversary of that beautiful ship going down, almost to the minute. He had an awesome/hilarious/evil sense of humor, and I swear he did it as payback😂😂😂😂😂
:(, I’m sorry friend. It was a good movie to be the last.
RIP 🪦
My respects.
"You're right...my sons were better man" that line was amazing!
yes that line was amazing
It was really great seeing Braveheart finally kick Lucius Malfoy's ass.
Out of movie experience!
You mean William Wallace
Mad Max whoops Malfoy big time 😅
Patriot
Ironic Mel Gibson is always stuck fighting the Brits.
As always, John Williams' soundtrack gives me goosebumps to this day when I watch this classic ❤
Recognized some of Mozarts' works in there...(these were also used in Oliver Stone's JFK)
👍
My son and I have a tradition every July 4th we watch the movie what a great I was feel more proud to be an American
And what exactly are you proud of? Our America is dead. Grow up and deal with it. My America was a shining beacon of Light and Hope- not a bunch of senile Nazi scumbags openly discussing the genocide of the people of Donbass.
Based on a lie.
@@JB-lp9xr same lie as braveheart
There is no more inspiring thing in arts than a freedom fight.
@artemkomisarenko5921 true as you can make alot of stuff up to make it more inspiring
Loved this fight scene, seeing these two tear each other apart in my Middle School history class was a real treat!
Sound, real treat!
Looking back I'm surprised the school allowed my teacher to show this movie lol
Just like Recess, when teachers aren’t watching!
Especially love the line retort, "My sons were better men."
Your middle school teacher should be fired!! This film is very entertaining BUT highly INACCURATE!!
Two stab wounds… either one would have been fatal.
The first for Thomas.
The second for Gabriel.
That’s justice.
I agree.
That’s what he gets for being a war criminal
Excellent script writing
Let's also not forget the first gunshot he fired into Tavington's shoulder.
Jason Isaacs' portrayal of Colonel Tavington seems to get all the praise, but I think Peter Woodward's portrayal of Gen Charles O'Hara is grossly underrated
I think that's probably more owing to the size of the respective roles than any particular knock on his performance. Tavington is the one who, throughout, seems to be moving the action along. O'Hara is generally depicted as just a regular part of Cornwallis' entourage. But he does hold his own well in the scene where he has to restrain Tavington.
The actor playing the villain did a wonderful job. Really made you hate him.
He was great in death of stalin too. This dude is one of the best!
Jason Isaacs is goated. Dude plays such an amazing bastard.
Jason Issacs is an awesome villan.
He was great in starwars too. He played the Grand inquisitor
I vote they cast him in the MCU as Doom
Saw this for the first time about 8 years ago in high school. Whole class went nuts when he dodged that sword.
Son I saw this in theaters when I was a teenager.
Glad to know it's still appreciated by younger generations 😀
Make one sad for all that have fought for our country 😔
Seeing what is happening today to it 😞
I’m going to keep fighting for this country …. I am a political canvasser and I keep trying no matter how much I get screamed at
Explain. What IS happening to it today?
Corporate greed? Remember tales of the Robber Barons?
Diversity? Remember slavery?
You can be 100% confident that some Americans will be saying the same thing another 120 years from now.
Their sacrifice is the reason why we are allowed to disagree with each other today. It wasn’t in vain. We’re still free.
@@bignick2k215 true enough but for how long with what's going on in this country'seems that there is an awful lot of people that don't have a problem giving up our freedoms for freebies 😒
@@bignick2k215 you and I both know it's not just about the freebies!
People especially are young people are being taught to hate this country everything about it is bad they've been indoctrinated by the left by are schools / colleges by the entertainment industry the list goes on and on 😑 they want us to believe that are worth is based on the color of our skin what are sexual preferences and again the list goes on and on'so in your opinion where are we headed ?
Fun fact. Midway through the fight Tavington was supposed to use his bayonet to stab Benjamin as he recovered from the last lock up. That’s why suddenly Benjamin seems to be moving much more slowly and seems to be backing off as if he’s unsure of his footing before being slashed in the back of the knee because he can’t move his midsection as well. Then when tavington slashes his back it was to slash at the exposed tip of the bayonet in Benjamin’s back that he hits. Lastly the bayonet that Benjamin kills Tavington with was supposed to be the one stuck in his side that he pulls out and stabs tavington in the throat with.
In short this fight scene was originally a lot more gruesome with a way more metal ending to it but they cut it out because it was too graphic. (Seriously you would’ve seen the bayonet come out of Benjamin’s side trailing blood and flesh. It was crazy).
That's good to know cause i always wondered why he just suddenly seemed much weaker and in severe pain when blocking when, so far, he had just been slashed on the arm and shoulder.
My ancestors fought that battle.
My family has always had a member in the US Army ever since.
May God Bless America and Her Defenders.
Love this scene. It's an honorable fight. Look at the background it's straight up ruthless war but both sides see this duel to the death and don't interfere.
Yes yes I know this movie isn't historically accurate. However I want to remind everyone, as an American, that if the French had not showed up that things would be significantly different.
I also love this scene too and yes it is a honorable fight
I love this movie, must have seen it at least ten times. Plus, I like any movie that has Jason Isaacs in it.
I also love this movie too and I also like any movie that has jason isaacs in it too
Jason was brilliant as the baddy.
yes he was brilliant as the bad guy
This is what happens when Americans unite, not hate each other.
The US In 2024 when Trump takes office again and throws out all of this Biden bullshit
100% agree
Well well spoken!!!
Actually there were probably more Americans fighting on the side of the British by the time the war ended. The battles between the patriot and loyalist militias were some of the most brutal fighting of the war, with little quarter given.
@@netpackrat About 25,000 colonists fought for the British Army during the entire course of the American Revolution. Washington had 8000-9000 Americans under his command at Yorktown. About 200,000 colonists served in the Continental Army or one of the state militias at some point during the war.
4:36 - 4:46 I love it when Benjamin’s comrades cheered and looked at him at the same time as they won the battle before the war ended
At 5:30 I always thought that backdrop looked like a painting they’re all looking at 😂
I hope he got his hatchet back. You've got to wonder what Tavington was thinking there at the end... Epic revenge scene.
yes this is a epic revenge scene
It's amazing that he could handle a saber with a fresh bullet wound on his arm.
Drenched in adrenaline you can do things otherwise impossible.
I think he did cocaine before charging.
Almost like the bullet was in his left arm and the saber in his right…
@@chrislancaster5401lol
Tis but a scratch.
Glad that Benjamin has finally avenged the deaths of His Sons & His Daughter In Law.
I am also glad Benjamin has finally avenged the deaths of his sons and his daughter in law too
@@captainjacksparrow9728 I'm also glad that Benjamin finally avenged the deaths of his sons and daughter in law.
I'm also glad that Benjamin finally avenged the deaths of his sons and daughter in law.
@@Klaaismi am also glad benjamin has finally avenged the death of his sons and his daughter in law
@@Klaaismwal ni rethguad sih dna snos sih fo shtaed eht degneva yllanif sah nimajneB taht dalg m’I
This is what United means. Not hate. This is what USA needs to be.
This war was pure hate
This movie is also a lie.
It will be again.
Yea, this looks like a lot of fun.
@brandonspencer7093 it was accomplished by only about 13% of the people. You would have remained British, until it changed.
this movie is beautiful; I can definitely feel for Benjamin and his leadership and lost. Gabriel will always be remember as a noble and kind son; gentle in spirt but vengeful as an fallen archangel...
So died Tarleton (“Tavington”)! Actually, he went home, became the most notorious roux in Europe, who, “killed more men and ruined more women than any man in Europe”, married a young and beautiful heiress and lived to a great age in luxury. Still highly regarded in Cheshire where this film did not go down at all well.
"Where now is the boasting Tarelton?"
Really? I spoke with an ancestor of his who said that he was a psychopath.
One of the most satisfying deaths in the movies.
yes this is one of the most satisfying deaths in the movie
The only one that can come close is when Jaime finally killed Black Jack in “Outlander”.
Love the close up at 3:39 of Tavington getting skewered. Should have then cut to either a close up of the bayonet exiting his back or a wide shot of him being impaled to drive home the idea that Benjamin Martin is using that weapon to prop Tavington up from the ground before he deals the final death blow. I also wished after Tavingtons death reaction shot after getting stabbed in the throat (when they go to the over the shoulder shot of Martin yanking the second bayonet piece out of him) that they added a VFX of the blade sticking out of the back of Tavingtons neck with some blood trinkling down. I think that would have been a cool effect if done correctly and possibly in camera. I just think villains deserve very gruesome deaths like Boddicker in Robocop
I watch this movie every year on the 4th of July!
I also watch this movie every year on the 4th of July too
@@captainjacksparrow9728
It's the American way brother 🇺🇸😥
yes it is the american way I agree with you 💯 percent 👍👍🏼
It is an annual American tradition to do so
When I see the bravery of these men, being able to show up for battle and being very sure you could die a horrific death. Those fields they stained in red, for an idea, for a possible future that they could probably never see. Those men were heroes. From those unbelievable times to the mockery of today. To this disaster about to close in in so many ways. What happened to us? How low we have gotten. I think we have failed as a civilization. If those men were alive, oh the things they would say about today! starting by "was it even worth it?".
For them, it was worth it.
For us now, having removed God from everything and adopting the errs of Russia, aka Marxism, it would seem that it wasn't worth it.
It was and still is worth fighting for, but it has to start with putting God first in our lives again.
Pretty sure they’d be pissed at all the black people with jobs who own property and the women who vote and own property.
@@Butterball3588the founding father’s hated religion and in that time religion wasn’t the…you know what, this is pointless.
If they were alive today they'd be already watering the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants.
@@Butterball3588 God also love the marxists, God commands to put peoples welfare first in our lives , not him
"Thomas and Gabriel were better men" Words by Benjamin Martin himself, a true American Hero 🇺🇸
yes I agree he is a true American hero
"UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL"
The weight that John Williams' soundtrack carries in this scene is very poetic, as if the man was on the verge of madness about himself, this film is a classic. ❤
I loved mel gibson getting his revenge but as a kid i couldnt understand why none of the blue coats helped him when he's on his knees about to be decapitated. Dude is waiving a flag like 10 feet away
Yeah me to! they just run past him. One of em could have easily bayoneted him in the back
I would say, the reason was that, IT'S A MOVIE!
@@alfredoromero3243and movies can and should be constructively criticized like any other art form what's your point
@@Allsoproductions only dumbass millenials think everything needs to be criticized,it's a f$&king movie made up of fantasy. If you think you can do better, write your own book.
Gotta respect the 1v1
One of the most underrated lines in movie History the line: Your right My Sons were better Men:
yes it is one of the most underrated lines in movie history the line your right my sons were better men
@@captainjacksparrow9728just like that most famous line from Jaws the line: your right we’re going to need a bigger boat
yes that one too
2:29 I would have laughed so fucking hard if that flying axe just buried itself in the back of the fighting redcoat XD
It should have hit Captain Wilkins. He deserved that kind of death after torching a church full of people
"My hope and prayer, is that the sacrifcies born by so many will spawn and fulfill the promise of our new nation"
As United Americans, may we never take for granted the shade from a tree planted by our forefathers.
Oddly enough this movie helped me on a test in history class in middle school 😂
Legend has it that tomahawk is still hurling through the countryside.
My part Comanche father took a tomahawk into the Korean War.
A member of 25th Infantry Division.
He took scalps, hometown paper even wrote up an article about it.
Apparently, he terrorized the crap out of the Chinese. Later he Took two bayonet wounds, shoulder and left abdomen. He was lucky to survive. Never, ever talked about it. We saw his wound scars rarely as he always wore a shirt.
Let's agree that Isaacs is so underrated! Great actor.
He should have been cast as
007 in at least 2 James Bond
movies. He would be a superior Bond over at least one
I've seen
@@maxpinson5002 OH yes. He be a perfect Bond
@@richardcalisi9188 perfect Bond villan.
Please, don't let us lose put country. Fought so hard for long ago
The dedication and hard work really pay off in these videos.
all the blue coats celebrating in front of him while hes about to be beheaded by a red coat always cracks me up. like bro, help!? lol
No I think watching them celebrate the victory they just won inspires him to keep fighting and not give up
One of the best movies ever made in my opinion
Agreed this movie is a masterpiece
@@DerekBackofen No question.
Just goes to show you how arrogance was these officers downfall. The one did not respect the civilian farmer soldier militia so the other officer didn’t respect the man leading the civilian militias so they both charged over the hill with their Calvary as well as their main force out of supporting cannon range then fell right into the ambush just placed over the hill for them to fall into. It really does go back to the fact that knowing your enemy is the best way to defeat them
...it is a movie
@@georgelonghurst2672hahahahahaha
@@georgelonghurst2672it is a TERRIBLE movie. Remember when they also fix racism?
@@georgelonghurst2672no that’s what actually happened in the Battle of Cowpens. They really did use the tactic of using two militia volleys and then a retreat to lure the British into the killing fields. It was a pincer or double envelopment tactic. The only time it was used during the war
Amazing that Benjamin and Tavington didn't even break a sweat during their fight.
Jason - dialogue delivery king
Epic scene and what a movie !
3:15 those Americans seemed to be more concerned with flying the American flag than helping Mel Gibson. Tavington was also apparently a lone British officer in a sea of Americans yet no American noticed him.
Article 67. of International civilized warfare - est. 1723 "Respect and reverence shall be given to all participants of one on one combat."
you forgot you were watching a movie
What an amazing scene. You can really feel the intense hatred between them, amazing acting
Yes, and also virtually the same guy, in many respects. Both about the same age, and size. Both handsome men, dark haired with blue eyes. Both great natural fighters...both brave and strong...both intelligent and determined....Martin is somewhat reminiscent of the character Eastwood played in Unforgiven...a violent man who was reformed-at least, to a degree- through the influence of a virtuous wife. Tavington doesn't seem to have any such civilizing influence in his life! In any event, I think their rivalry is one of the strongest assets of the film.
the sound in back is so amazing
@@captainjacksparrow9728 know the music name?
2:55 Benjamins sees American troops seizing the day, but in his eyes, all he cares about is vengeance for his sons. He makes his move and kills Tavington and turns away even before Tavington falls to re-look at the Revolution succeeding. Such a cold, badass move. Mel Gibson and Jason Isaacs made a master class of acting.
Such a profound and inspirational movie.... "The answer to 1984 is 1776." -Anonymous
1:38 That whole scene when Ben goes at him is SO damn cool imho. One of my favorites in movie history l.
Tom Wilkinson is always great!
yes tom wilkinson is always great
So first yes this scene was epic but seeing all the american soldiers just run past as Tavington was about to behead Benjerman makes in unbelievable. Seriously someone should have seen that and realized "Oh crap I gotta help him!". If there was still a bunch of fighting going on yeah maybe they would have been too busy to help but not the way it was filmed here
You don’t really understand warfare. The Americans gained the initiative and forward movement was paramount for success. During hand-to-hand combat, it’s mostly protect yourself first, help your buddy next. And in the confusion, this duel would probably not have been noticed.
Well to be fair Mel’s the main hero and the main hero usually defeats the main villain.
Aye someone(s) stumbling in to interrupt the fight might have helped there. You can do that different ways, and still have an epic final clash between them.
@@oilersridersbluejays Yeah still unbelievable though if you watch from 2:55 onwards there are literally no other British redcoats shown (living) and dozens of American's literally inches to feet from Benjerman and Tavington just running past. I mean seriously in reality someone would have seen that, they just needed to give Mel his plot armor moment
@@oilersridersbluejaysnah bro it was just a silly moment so they could have the cute shot of the colonials rushing towards victory. IRL both of them would've long since been stabbed by other troops in the vicinity.😂😂😂
Accurate? Debatable
Bad ass? Hellz yeah!!!
"How could it have come to this? An army of rabble. Peasants."
“I had rather have a plain russet-coated captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a gentleman and is nothing else.”
-Oliver Cromwell
Perhaps one of the most satisfying villain deaths in cinema history
This dude earned it!
@@bobbyestep3916 absolutely 💯
Freaking sucks. How movies are not as good anymore. Best movie ever. ❤
Yes this is the best movie ever
Tavington was based on an actual officer named Tarlton. So brutal, that giving tarleton's quarter meant executing prisoners, sick and wounded. Was buried in England, without honors.
He got off lucky, considering his crimes during war.☠
American propaganda, useful for riling up the rubes. In reality he was nowhere near as bad as the rebels painted him, and certainly no worse than the average American.
@@JB-lp9xr Not to the colonists they didn't but there is one recorded instance dated more than 130 years earlier where the British did that to Irish civilians during the Irish rebellion. This movie is historically inaccurate in many ways. It portrayed the British as pure evil when the real Cornwallis wanted to make peace with the colonists and sympathize with them. It's also known that in the Battle of Yorktown, a naval tactic that hadn't been invented until decades later was where if a navy is outnumbered they can still get in among an enemy fleet making them very difficult to hit and the enemy risk hitting each other. If the Royal Navy had had that tactic, they could've won the naval battle against the French despite being outnumbered and Cornwallis would've escaped to England. The French would've been severely disadvantaged since they were at anchor. Even if Cornwallis had escaped it's unlikely he would've returned with another army as the war was draining the British treasury and support for the war was rapidly declining. Britain was already heavily in debt before the Revolutionary War because of fighting in the Seven Years' War and the French and Indian Wars. That's why they taxed the colonists heavily to replenish the treasury.
@@baddriversofmoosejaw8681 "Not to the colonists they didn't "
Um, yes, this one did. Banistre Tarelton (pardon my spelling) was so known for brutality in the war that he was personally censured by not only Cornwallis but even King George himself.
That's quite literally what the OP already said.
Nothing was ever more on sight than it was between Martin and Tavington.
Bleed for me I’ll bleed for you
Embrace me child I’ll see you through
6:20 Tom Wilkinson a genius! RIP
I DONT understand why movies back then made me feel Special and patriotic? Unlike war movies today
Because war isnt special or patriotic. Its bloody, brutal and inhuman. In war theres largely no good or evil men. Just men trying to survive.
@@andrewvasquez7872 well movies back then gave an accurate description of war I prefer them more
@@UnfunnyDaffenDales98775 hahha no they didnt. This movie is a complete fiction. The British werent going around burning churches with people in them.
@@andrewvasquez7872 but they burnt down cities and towns right
Props to the "bad guy." Dude didnt flinch.
Hits Throughout The Fight:
Mel Gibson Hits = 7
Jason Isaacs Hits = 5
Mel Gibson WINS!!!
This is what happens when genuine integrity against corruption perseveres
Фильм и актёры👍👍👍👍👍
I love our country and love my Grandfathers that fought in the war. I have 8 Grandfathers that served in the Continental Army and about 35-40 in the militia. My 6th Great Grandfather Alexander Cleveland was at Yorktown with 3 of his brothers in the Virginia militia under Gen. Nelson
After this battle the USA won the war and the world has been at peace ever since. Thank god everyone loves the US! We’re not arrogant at all
Read the sarcasm
At first I didn't see the sarcasm, but I'm glad I did before I made a fool of myself
"and the world has been at peace ever since".........🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It appears you are not the better man.
Mel: you are right. I DESERVE TO BE BLOWN FIRST!
I like the effort put into this movie but in this movie hollywoods atemps to rewrite history are most evetend
It's a fine movie; it's pleasant for entertainment.
But it is also blatant propaganda that has little connection to historical events other than the uniforms
Wondering why Lucius Malfoy didn't use the expelliarmus charm on William Wallace at the end? Surely it would of worked better than the sword?
5:24 I want to know that the franch navy admirals order in substitile
This is a real country. Whose freedom was won with struggle and blood.
We still owe France a lot for
Helping us gain our freedom even though we also helped them during the world wars we probably would been naming kids cornwallace Cornelius with last names like Covington our leaders would be dukes princess and we would kneel to a king or queen but because of the French just like mance Ryder said “ we do not kneel to anyone this side ( of the wall ) this side of the Atlantic
There would have been a far greater fate had we lost the war. We would have had to have watched cricket all day while eating cucumber sandwiches. Also, we would have had to have stopped work every day at 4 o’clock, to drink tea. Not to mention the compulsory wearing of bowler hats and a diet of fish and chips!
How my heart breaks for what we've become.
Col Tavington fought the last battle and never once was one hair on his head out of place.
"OH fuck wait! There comin! Ay GIVE EM STEEL BOIS! GIVE EM STEEL!"
I remember the cinema went dead silence then cheered loudly at the epic end fight
Remember this Part No Black Flags with a Blue stripe only with stars on it.
The best part of this film were the British and Australians 😂
Mel Gibson was born in New York and lived in the US until he was 12. He has never been an Australian citizen.
@@jdotoz Mel Gibson isn’t the best part of this film.
@@davidlewis2464 k
Ohhh… Cameraman You being Sneaky on this one. 👏👏👏 6:25
Revolutionary War firearms did not have rifling. Mel's pistol when he loaded the "special round" did....1:02 minutes
Most revolutionary war military firearms did not have rifling (some did). But Martin was a militia leader, so his pistol would likely not have been military issue, rather something he already owned, or had picked up along the way. Rifled pistols were not uncommon at that time.
OTOH, if a ball were so undersized (or loaded without a patch) that it could have been just dropped into the bore as in the movie during the heat of battle, the rifling wasn't doing him any good. That actually makes some sense for a combat reload... The initial load you went into battle with would be properly loaded with a patched ball to grip the rifling, in order to give the best possible accuracy. But then if you had to reload (assuming you had the chance), you wouldn't have time for all that.
STILL ONE OF THE BEST REVENGE IN MOVIES!
So imagine damn near being butchered, and all of the surrounding soldiers just keep trucking as if you aren't there.
I guess people really did respect the 1v1....
They also gained the initiative. Forward movement was far more important than stopping to watch two wounded men duel it out. Might sound cruel, but that’s what warfare is about.
@@oilersridersbluejaysthey didn't need to stop their advance, nor did they need to watch. All they needed was send like 10 men to gang up on Tavington while they rest marched forward.
Colonel Tavington later respawned in the 23rd century and became a starship captain...lol
We need Patriots like those today. Our country is in the same peril.
Our country? Sorry, my country threw me under the bus back in 2014. My America is dead.
❤️ Mad Max vs Lucius Malfoy ❤️
Rocky Rhodes vs captain hook.
Captain John Smith vs Admiral Zhao
I still have the DVD.
i also still have the dvd 📀 too
This is the best movie from history of USA!
Nah I like the 9/11 doco, y’all fucked yourself not the British this time 😆
It's right up there! 👍🇺🇲
Makes me more proud to be an American
Bes? Let us to check
The Shawshank Redemption❤❤❤😂😂😂
The psychotic British officer was actually named Banastre Tarleton. He was not killed in real life but went on to become a successful playwright and Member of Parliament who helped to block bills to end the British slave trade.
I think film wants to say to us, that ones who move by vengance, are going to lose.
His son, was moved by vengance, dyed, father was at fist figthing whit vengance, was losing. Tavington, who try to hit him whit vengance dyes.
Its like film says to us, that only those ones whit cleare mind achive his objetives. At last moments, father sems to move by something more than vengance against his enemy.
The guy who played the villain was brilliant because this American here wanted to crawl through the screen and fight him myself 😂
2 inch lead balls reaping your inside and bones!! The pain and shock must be horrendous!!
If you look closely you can see the joker's face 1:01😭🧡 Heath Ledger ( Gabriel Martin)
not surprised that the soundtrack is by john williams
Not bad for a bunch of farmers with squirel guns.
😂
@@JB-lp9xr yes, ive fired one. Hell of a kick.
1:19 and he took that personally.
This what is going to happen again History will repeat.
For context, Travington has a burning piece of metal embedded in his shoulder, and he still manages to make sport of a veteran like Martin. That speaks volumes of his skill as a swordsman.