This article is about the Steven Seagal film. For the Roland Emmerich film about the American Revolutionary War, starring Mel Gibson, seeThe Patriot (2000 film)
The Patriot is a 1998 action film loosely based on the novel, The Last Canadian by William C. Heine. The film star Steven Seagal. It was directed by Dean Semler, written by M. Sussman, and produced by Patrick Choi, Nile Niami, Howard L. Baldwin, Steven Seagal, and Julius R. Nasso. The plot involves an American patriot who has to foil the plot of a militia to release a deadly virus. The film is rated R by the MPAA. It is Seagal's first direct to video film.