Steven Seagal plays Dr. Wesley McClaren and he is pefect; an immunologist, a small town doctor, an expert cowboy, a former intelligence agent, a martial artist and a loving father to boot. And thus he is rather boring. Would have liked the film better if Dr. McClaren had been played by a better actor. To be honest I thought the best performance in the film was by young Camilla Belle who plays the doctor's daughter Holly. The plot, viruses and militias, is mundane though some of the scenes are staged well like the descent of the military on the town to quarantine it and the growing dead bodies at the secret research facility. I also liked the effective widescreen cinematography by Stephen F. Windon and the varied music score by Steve Edwards. In the end it wasn't that interesting or exciting. It was the start of Mr. Seagal's descent into direct-to-video world.
Review of The Patriot
The Patriot
(1998)
"I want the system of truth our forefathers built on"
27 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers