Title: Funniest Movie of the Year
Product review: Mel Gibson is a peaceful plantation-owning father who wants nothing more than to make a nice rocking chair for himself, from which he can (presumably) sit on the porch, pat his yung'uns on the head and command his slaves with wise benevolence. Then one day a merciless Redcoat slaughters most of Mel Gibson's family. Silly limey! Didn't he see Mad Max, Lethal Weapon, Braveheart, Ransom, Payback, etc.? Doesn't he know Gibson is hiding a violent past, and is just going to come after him in a bloodthirsty rage, mowing down scores of dimwitted Brits with his trusty tomahawk (in some of the most incredulous action sequences in Gibson's career--all that's missing is the dislocated shoulder gimmick from "LW")? Gibson has never looked more jive than he does in this pretentious vigilante's tale; he has played this character one too many times, and anyone who appreciates American history at all ought to be offended by the crass misuse it gets at Emmerich's hands.
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