The Patriot (2000)

Benjamin Martin is a hero not very keen to fight, but finds himself in the American Revolution when the fighting reaches the edge of his farm and the British begin to threaten the people Benjamin cares about.
Armed with his son Gabriel, an idealistic patriot, he takes up the head of the American militia and fights hand-to-hand with the 'red cloaks'. As this happens, our hero discovers that the only way he can protect his own family is to bring the young American nation to total independence - but his dark past haunts him in war too....Show More