Dumb Movie

Watched a dumb movie last night. I had added The Patriot starring Steven Seagal to my Netflix queue thinking that it was The Patriot starring Mel Gibson. Granted I didn't expect the Mel Gibson movie to be any great piece of work either, but I figured I'd watch it once.

So anyway... in The Patriot, Seagal breaks out of his standard mold of an ex-government agent who's trying to lead a quiet life but has to get back in the action to foil some nefarious plot. This time he's an ex-government immunologist who's trying to lead a quiet life but has to get back in the action to foil some nefarious plot. Did you see that? Did you see how they took what might be considered a formulaic plot line and throw in some completely unexpected twist? This movie goes about as you might expect. The bad guys unleash their plot, Seagal get's caught in the middle. The bad guys threaten someone Seagal cares for. Seagal uses godlike cunning and intelligence(?) and master-level martial arts to win the day. I think this entire film was made for two scenes. One is of U.S. Soldiers in full bio-gear picking wildflowers and then another where helicopters are flying over a town dropping flowers as if they were bombs.