The Patriot
Peaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son. Set in 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, The Patriot follows Benjamin Martin, a widowed South Carolina farmer and veteran of the French and Indian War who wants to live in peace with his seven children. Although his eldest son, Gabriel, joins the Continental Army against his wishes, Benjamin tries to stay neutral. His life shatters when brutal British Colonel William Tavington arrives, captures and executes Gabriel, and shoots his young son Thomas. Driven by grief and rage, Benjamin rescues Gabriel from a hanging, killing several British soldiers with a tomahawk and a musket, and moves his remaining family to safety. Benjamin then organizes a local colonial militia to wage guerrilla warfare against the British supply lines and tr