The Patriot - fight for survival

Movie
German title	The Patriot - fight for survival
Original title	The Patriot
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1998
length	87 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Dean Semler
script	M. Sussman John Kingswell
production	Howard Baldwin Steven Seagal Nile Niami Victor Hwang
music	Stephen Edwards
camera	Stephen F. Windon
cut	Derek Brechin
occupation
Steven Seagal : Dr. Wesley McClaren Gailard Sartain : Floyd Chisolm LQ Jones : Frank Silas Weir Mitchell : Pogue Camilla Belle : Holly McClaren Dan Beene : Dr. Richard Bach Damon Collazo : Lt. Johnson Whitney Yellow Robe : Dr. Ann White Cloud Brad Leland : Big Bob Molly McClure : Molly Douglas Sebern : Judge Tomkins Ross Loney : Clem Bernard O'Connor : Dr. Tom Hergot Leonard Mountain Chief : grandfather

The Patriot is an American action film from 1998 directed by Dean Semler . Steven Seagal plays the leading role as Dr. Wesley McClaren.

action

The doctor and former secret service employee Dr. Wesley McClaren lives with his daughter in the small town of Ennis , Montana, after he quits his service with the CIA. As a native of America, he attaches particular importance to naturopathy and also treats people who cannot actually afford medical care. But the small town idyll is clouded by Floyd Chisolm, who also lives there. Floyd is a nationwide wanted neo-Nazi and leader of a heavily armed militia group. He surrenders to the FBI, but first he and his troops release a deadly toxin stolen by the CIA. However, in the belief that you have already taken the antidote yourself.

Little by little, the whole city fell ill with the poison and the US government was putting the site under military quarantine. Disease experts and biochemists set up a provisional research station. Floyd now has to realize that the supposed antidote is ineffective. His followers forcibly release him from custody and bring the city under their control. A routine blood test reveals that McClaren's daughter appears immune to the virus. In order to be able to produce an effective antidote, they need large amounts of their blood, which, however, would mean their death.

The two then flee and McClaren desperately researches in his former laboratory for an antidote. By chance, he actually found the solution: the flowers of a simple plant that was already used as medicine by the natives.

criticism

“Once again, the untalented actor Steven Seagal takes on the role of the savior, who makes his powerful role completely unbearable with homeopathic doses of esoteric truisms. The bottom line is a commercially available brutal action film with countless fighting sequences. "

- Lexicon of international film

Rotten Tomatoes received 9 reviews, 8 of which were negative.

background

For once - and for the first and only time - Steven Seagal was dubbed by Manfred Lehmann in this film .

Web links

• The Patriot - struggle to survive in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Patriot - struggle to survive atRotten Tomatoes(English)
• Comparison of the cut versions RTL 2 from 12 - FSK 16 , FSK-16 version - Malaysia version of The Patriot - fight for survival at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Patriot - Struggle for Survival. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ The Patriot - Rotten Tomatoes . Rotten tomatoes . Retrieved October 2, 2014.

See also

Other films with the original title The Patriot :

• The Patriot (1928) by Ernst Lubitsch
• The Patriot (2000) with Mel Gibson