@@TPF443 If you’re wondering why they are fighting in the open, then it’s because of the “customs” that armies used to fight with. However, it is important to know that historically, the Colonists used more guerrilla tactics to defeat the British. Also look way back to the Napoleonic War, and even the American Civil War. They used to fight this way to maximize the damage per volley, since muskets were inaccurate and had a long reload time.
@@TPF443 armies at that age have cannons, so forming a shield wall only exposes a large portion of their troops to cannon fire. Not to mention that in this era of linear formation, forming a shield wall would shorten their lines and expose them from flanking (enfilade) fire from their opponent.
Let that sink for a minute: We came emslaved the natives killed and conquered them and after 200yrs we fight each other because of a concept of an Independant Nation and freeingn ourselfs from colonizers lamo😂😂😂😂
@@MitsukiHashiba That is because you never see any country turn the whole nation’s civilians as the slaves of the emperor and 2000 years of cannibalism and large scale of famine.
@@Drumpro31 "not that bad" proceeds to: *make people fire so close they may aswell kill the entire line with one volley, painting the americans as good, lovely people, they werent, they really werent, they owned slaves, they massacred natives, but then again, so did we, the british, and that is terrible, but painting us as the only people who did bad things, then not even show real ones.* also not much of a random culture, being british, in a discussion about the american revolution.
You're failing to consider the fact that technology wasn't as advanced back then, like the person said above being in big groups would provide better defense against cavalry, communication would also be a lot more easier since they didn't have radios back then and guess what? Muskets are single-shot and take a pretty long while to reload one especially under fire, if you lined up and shot in a volley you would just have more firepower.
Yeah it is stupid. Why would they do that? Well, nobody was that stupid to do that back then. This is NOT how armies fought back then. At least the distance they would shoot each other at. Engagements would start around 200 yards from one another. Not 70 feet. At that point you might as well just charge.
It absolutely amazes me how any of us are here if our ancestors fought in this war or the civil war when fighting they just stood in lines and take turns shooting each other…. I’d like to go back in time and introduce to them the concept of “taking cover!”
It was just a lot more effective that way in their time, grouping up together provided better defense against cavalry and you'd have more firepower grouping up like that and also that communicating was a lot more easier this way, I also want to mention that while muskets were inaccurate they weren't as inaccurate as people make them out to be, a musket could fire about to 150 studs if I remember correctly.
@@TeamQuiltzYT yes but later more advanced muskets could be quite accurate like in civil war with invention of the minie ball and other stuff, muskets became more accurate that's why you have people in civil war battles taking cover, but during revolution and earlier muskets were much more inaccurate and their range was poor.
It’s wild to me we had an ancient civilization build pyramids that to this day were unsure how they did it, but it took until after the civil war for people to figure out standing across from each other and just shooting repeatedly was probably not a great idea.
Yeah, it literally took centuries for military tactics to catch up with firearms technology. Even during World War One, field commanders were still ordering infantry to walk across open fields against belt fed machine guns in fortified trenches; pure insanity.
@@CaneFu you’re right. I probably could’ve stretched my example into WW1 I just view that as more trench warfare than linear warfare. But to your point it’s essentially the same thing, only difference is one is immobile and the other is running.
@@jacoballen4189 Yeah, I have even read that some machine gunners, after mowing down hundreds of enemy soldiers, lost their heart to keep slaughtering so many and deserted their weapons.
This was the most effective way to do it. Muskets were inaccurate and took a long time to reload. Standing together increases firepower and protects from cavalry.
00:24. Was that black guy in redcoat Joshua, Martin´s former slave taken by the british? The guy who told Tavington that they work there as a free men and Tavington mocked him and said that they are free to join redcoats then?
No, Benjamin Martin along with Jean recruited him from the tavern when Benjamin Martin and Jean got run out by saying God save King George and the patrons didn't take it kindly.
As much as this movie did get wrong, there were a few things they did get right. At 3:34, those soldiers further down the line were the British Grenadiers on their position on the right flank of the British army. Looks like the reenactors used for this really knew what they were doing.
you see people are dumb and think the revolution war did not give people ptsd entirely but then once they watch this movie then they think differently:)
Thankfully I'm not American and I think this movie is not only trash from historical accuracy point of view but also embodiment of cringe American "patriotism".
Most likely as the Continental Regulars in this scene were disorganized when they charged uphill. One well placed cavalry charge would break the ranks since they did not reload before charging.
The French were late in entering the war in 1779, four years after the revolution began. The war could have ended a lot sooner had the French navy and army mobilised earlier. The American Revolution was the UK’s equivalent to the US and the doomed Vietnam War- sooner or later, the English would have evacuated and left in defeat because the British Army and Royal Navy could not keep up their supply lines, they did not know the geography of the colonies, and because they were not accustomed to fighting guerilla warfare against the American militia. If one thing has been learned, a great military power cannot indefinitely conquer and occupy people involuntarily against their will. That is the lesson here.
Hi everyone! What grade (out of 10) would you give this video?
Dramatic and "Hoolywoodized" but pretty close to the truth. 10+
10
100/10 tbh
10/10❤❤🎉
满分10分的话我会给8.8分😅
not a phone in sight. just the lads in the moment having a great time!
"Prepare to Charge"
"Sir, we haven't been given that order"
"LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROYYYYYYY JENKINSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS"
Corwallis: "God dang it Leeroy"
Thats a great comment man :D
😂 I will always remember this comment whenever I rewatch this scene now.
So I’m confused once they fired they guns why didn’t they have a shield wall while they reload
@@TPF443 If you’re wondering why they are fighting in the open, then it’s because of the “customs” that armies used to fight with. However, it is important to know that historically, the Colonists used more guerrilla tactics to defeat the British.
Also look way back to the Napoleonic War, and even the American Civil War. They used to fight this way to maximize the damage per volley, since muskets were inaccurate and had a long reload time.
@@TPF443 armies at that age have cannons, so forming a shield wall only exposes a large portion of their troops to cannon fire.
Not to mention that in this era of linear formation, forming a shield wall would shorten their lines and expose them from flanking (enfilade) fire from their opponent.
Opening fight be like
"they are just standing there ... menacingly
"OH NO!, He's going back to the window again!"
I don’t care what anyone says. I loved this movie. 👍💪👊
Why are you using past tense?
if you truly dont care. why comment?
Hell yeah dude
Oh, it a good movie alright. But a terrible history lesson.
AL🍀T. BETTER...Than ALL the. TRAAH..Holly/Wood..haa became.😁
When does Washington cruise in with his car?
That’s a commercial, not here though 😅
First off, a Comercial 2nd off that Comercial was set in a whole different battle
@@Irishcountryballproductions do you know what a joke is
@@KyleLeHeup yeahthe main point was that this is a whole different battle
guess they forget to put him here while making a movie 🤭😅
Push forward. Goosebumbs. Every bloody time :)
"Mel Gibson leads the American Revolution" absolutely hilarious title. Love this film.
RIP Tom Wilkinson and Heath Ledger, we all miss you guys 😢
RIP Rene Auberjonois
@@MIMALECKIPL The Reverand.....:)
@@JessCorey reVEREND. Mind your spelling buddy
@@MIMALECKIPLno way
This is what I experienced in a dream I never forgot it’s where every country from history and the multiverse fight in a show down in a coastal field
Who else feel like this after President Trump won yesterday his second term??
Based reply
@@texas9076 thanks my man 🤝💪🏼🇺🇸🍻
HOLD THE LINE!!!
Oh the guy who tried to subvert this great country with election denial?
@@rockemted and now lunatic leftists are doing the same so you can keep quiet, hypocrite
"Tavington, damn him!, damn that man!"
😂
I am not an American ..But a flag any flag that gives u hope means everything 🙏
What are you?
@@SUPERNOVA_0360 A FUCKIN PATRIOT
@@kade1886 Of what country though
@@SUPERNOVA_0360AMERICA, FUCK YEAH
@@Eagleblazer69 AMERICAAAA !!! 🦅🇲🇾
I’m not gonna lie. This is me. Carrying the flag in battle. The best American Revolutionary War movie in my opinion. 🇺🇸💪🏻🗽
Which minute?
@@ungkesuleh4137 4:34
I can only remember this movie about the independence of the United States; more have been made about the Civil War.
Let that sink for a minute:
We came emslaved the natives killed and conquered them and after 200yrs we fight each other because of a concept of an Independant Nation and freeingn ourselfs from colonizers lamo😂😂😂😂
@@MitsukiHashiba That is because you never see any country turn the whole nation’s civilians as the slaves of the emperor and 2000 years of cannibalism and large scale of famine.
Historically inaccurate but still a great movie
I love watching all the war movies
Respect and Salute the soldier who fought for mother country.
Yeah,Britain☺.
i love how the title says mel gibson and not his character name lol
I’m British and loved this movie growing up. Awesome soundtrack too!
Much Love from across the pond. History is funny. Enemies one time, Allies the next. I prefer Allies.
God Bless from Wisconsin USA.
Ggs
The casting was just perfect
What an amazing movie Id give it a 9 or 10, very impressive
3:30 hey everybody, let’s stop running for a sec and catch our breath
This and Braveheart. As a history lover these caused me physical pain.
I hate ppl who complain about it being historically accurate. As a history lover myself this is an action film lol
Don’t make movies like this anymore sadly great film
It’s a war movie
a terribly inaccurate one that is quite clearly bias to the americans
@@PrincipalityofDurlon its not that bad get over your own random culture bias
@@Drumpro31 "not that bad"
proceeds to: *make people fire so close they may aswell kill the entire line with one volley, painting the americans as good, lovely people, they werent, they really werent, they owned slaves, they massacred natives, but then again, so did we, the british, and that is terrible, but painting us as the only people who did bad things, then not even show real ones.*
also not much of a random culture, being british, in a discussion about the american revolution.
No its awful ... Like making a movie about a German General during WW2...
This guy was terrible
Bayonets were invented in 1881
*people in 1880* 3:01
Yeah like a bat
Just out of curiosity, so in close combat in that time, soldiers were issued short knives?
That’s just… wrong…
@Gamingboi3818 pal you got it all wrong the bayonet wasn't invented 1881 it was invented 1660
@@notchthegreatlion6805 it was a joke
Im surprised the Brits lost when they had Animal Mothers ancestor on their side 0:45
Why have I never noticed that after all these years
You dream general. Such a badass line. Such a badass scene
Yup, by that point, Lord Cornwallis knew the battle was lost.
@@ramananrampragash6790 i think the war too
I'm Mexican but I like the movie and I love the history of the United States of America 👍
You cannot have both. Either you like this movie or you like history.
@@Pikkabuuuh yes u can lol
@@pico8513
No. You cannot as this movie is such a disgusting piece of propaganda.
We have a shared history. God bless.
@Pikkabuu Who won the war, again? Remind me.
Standing in a line 70 feet from each other exhanging volleys is one of the most terrifying and stupid ways to conduct warfare
Wasn’t stupid by any means unless you call not wanting to be destroyed by a cavalry charge stupid.
You're failing to consider the fact that technology wasn't as advanced back then, like the person said above being in big groups would provide better defense against cavalry, communication would also be a lot more easier since they didn't have radios back then and guess what? Muskets are single-shot and take a pretty long while to reload one especially under fire, if you lined up and shot in a volley you would just have more firepower.
Stupid? You mean practical?
Yeah it is stupid. Why would they do that? Well, nobody was that stupid to do that back then. This is NOT how armies fought back then. At least the distance they would shoot each other at. Engagements would start around 200 yards from one another. Not 70 feet. At that point you might as well just charge.
One of the reasons death were so high during the Civil War was because they used very similar tactics but with much more accurate weapons.
Isn't a good historical movie but as a movie itself it's pretty good
“yo brit’s have y’all reloaded yet”
“nauw”
Tavington: Looks like my soldier days is over!
Voldemort: We have a vacant job here.
Tavington: Of course my lord!
Being in the 1st line is always a death sentence
people in the first line😰 people in the last line😀
Anyone else get this recommendation on 4th of July?
I got this movie from Christmas Day
It absolutely amazes me how any of us are here if our ancestors fought in this war or the civil war when fighting they just stood in lines and take turns shooting each other…. I’d like to go back in time and introduce to them the concept of “taking cover!”
Or ducking lol
If both sides were to take cover no one would hit anything, muskets were very innacurate
It was just a lot more effective that way in their time, grouping up together provided better defense against cavalry and you'd have more firepower grouping up like that and also that communicating was a lot more easier this way, I also want to mention that while muskets were inaccurate they weren't as inaccurate as people make them out to be, a musket could fire about to 150 studs if I remember correctly.
@@TeamQuiltzYT yes but later more advanced muskets could be quite accurate like in civil war with invention of the minie ball and other stuff, muskets became more accurate that's why you have people in civil war battles taking cover, but during revolution and earlier muskets were much more inaccurate and their range was poor.
This comment angers me, if there was a better way to fight, they'd have done it.
0:43 we’ve got animal mother and Draco’s dad in the same film😂😂
How nice of you TH-cam to recommend me this today on this fine 4th of July
Team America baby 🇺🇸
One of the greatest battle scenes about modern history..
4:57 made me want to become an American
FOR THE REPUBLIC!
Bro this movie is the best
Let's go
4:25 if this isn’t the spirit of determination and the true warrior than what is?
Thank you Mel Gibson for your service
The Patriot was one of the top movies with Mel Gibson among many other movies that he starred in.
Gibson has far far far far better movies than the Patriot under his belt...
Dan sekarang Inggris dan Amerika Serikat menjadi sekutu abadi dalam segala bidang
Glory America 🦅🇺🇸
One of the best movies ever.
Bro your profile picture 💀
1:20 how did they communicate troops from those distances back then irl?
waving certain flags, pre designated trumpet blasts, stuff like that
HOLD THE LINE!!! HOLD HOLD PUSH FORWARD MEN! one of my favorite American stories it's how we were born trump 2025!!
Love how the continental army troops don't retreat and stand there ground
Just you and the boys enduring freedom
Yes, I am agree,🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲❤❤❤,
The greatest scene in film history!
Hardly
that General: flank them!
Lord Cornwallis: in your dreams mate. better have a fancy cuppa tea before you move to heaven
We need an American Revolution version of Gettysburg.
It’s wild to me we had an ancient civilization build pyramids that to this day were unsure how they did it, but it took until after the civil war for people to figure out standing across from each other and just shooting repeatedly was probably not a great idea.
Yeah, it literally took centuries for military tactics to catch up with firearms technology. Even during World War One, field commanders were still ordering infantry to walk across open fields against belt fed machine guns in fortified trenches; pure insanity.
@@CaneFu you’re right. I probably could’ve stretched my example into WW1 I just view that as more trench warfare than linear warfare. But to your point it’s essentially the same thing, only difference is one is immobile and the other is running.
@@jacoballen4189 Yeah, I have even read that some machine gunners, after mowing down hundreds of enemy soldiers, lost their heart to keep slaughtering so many and deserted their weapons.
Mhm
This was the most effective way to do it. Muskets were inaccurate and took a long time to reload. Standing together increases firepower and protects from cavalry.
The actors lost Tom Wilkinson (who filmed Cornwallis)
Can’t believe Mel Gibson led two different nations against British
He doesn’t seem to like the British very much 😂
And both times he had to rewrite history
If you're referring to Braveheart than you're wrong. That was England not Britain. The Scottish are British.
And this is why feigned retreats when properly used can be so devastating
Shot 0:09
GOD BLESS USA FOREVER
I still can’t believe that was the most effective way to go to battle
The captions mistake the british's "Present!" command and instead say "Take aim!"
I love to see the United States flag waving.
I wish I had that moment too
POV you're playing total war, and the enemy starts routing
00:24. Was that black guy in redcoat Joshua, Martin´s former slave taken by the british? The guy who told Tavington that they work there as a free men and Tavington mocked him and said that they are free to join redcoats then?
No, Benjamin Martin along with Jean recruited him from the tavern when Benjamin Martin and Jean got run out by saying God save King George and the patrons didn't take it kindly.
@@travishurt9005
No. That was an other guy.
American fought thier own race!
Moral of the story: Don't shoot first
5:41 Nobody:
Mel Gibson being the one person with a brain:
4:28
what lexington and concord players think when they are in a line battle:
very polite of the English to wait for the Americans to take first
"Excuse me, who is that guy yelling No Retreat!!"
"Sir, that's Real Donald Trump"
Ol' Bonespurs himself, his non service and hiding skills are not forgotten!
As much as this movie did get wrong, there were a few things they did get right. At 3:34, those soldiers further down the line were the British Grenadiers on their position on the right flank of the British army. Looks like the reenactors used for this really knew what they were doing.
We love America
Bro gave him the Detroit special 5:58
He was very genuine here, Mel. He just needed to picture black people in front of him and he just charged
They are still winning 🥹
America!❤
you see people are dumb and think the revolution war did not give people ptsd entirely but then once they watch this movie then they think differently:)
Long live America!!
a leader will always lead the charge in the most desperate times no matter the situation
“Prepare to charge! 😠”
“Sir we haven’t been given that order. 😬”
“CHAARRRGE!” 😡
You know, will be cool if Connor Kenway from.ac3 was in this
When i Say Some People really don't know what to do,And Need To Grow A Set Before Losing Them
This movie is the best since glory with Matthew Broderick
Probably would’ve been a little better without the music in the background.
if your an american you have to love this movie 🫡
Nope
Thankfully I'm not American and I think this movie is not only trash from historical accuracy point of view but also embodiment of cringe American "patriotism".
@@Wabu_227 look up the battle of cowpens that this scene is based of of. It went even better for the Americans than what this film show. 🤣
I'm thai
If only Travington listened, maybe the british would've won (im talking about the movie's universe, not our actual irl history)
Most likely as the Continental Regulars in this scene were disorganized when they charged uphill.
One well placed cavalry charge would break the ranks since they did not reload before charging.
0:25 ... is that the black guy who was one of benjerman martins Slave in the beginning of the movie ????
It's Tavingtons Fault
Make America Great Again!
Ur ignorant aren’t u
Hold the Line.
The French were late in entering the war in 1779, four years after the revolution began. The war could have ended a lot sooner had the French navy and army mobilised earlier. The American Revolution was the UK’s equivalent to the US and the doomed Vietnam War- sooner or later, the English would have evacuated and left in defeat because the British Army and Royal Navy could not keep up their supply lines, they did not know the geography of the colonies, and because they were not accustomed to fighting guerilla warfare against the American militia. If one thing has been learned, a great military power cannot indefinitely conquer and occupy people involuntarily against their will. That is the lesson here.
FREE AMERICA!!! 3:22 🗣️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
"YO FONE LINGIN BIG BOY " 🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👑🐲🐉🐉🇹🇼🇨🇳🇨🇳
2:16 the first time infantry actually ducked or went prone during the American Revolution