Synopsis
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.
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Cast
- Al PacinoTom Dobb
- Donald SutherlandSgt. Maj. Peasy
- Nastassja KinskiDaisy McConnahay
- Joan PlowrightMrs. McConnahay
- Dave KingMr. McConnahay
- Dexter FletcherNed Dobb
- Sid OwenYoung Ned
- Richard O'BrienLord Hampton
- Steven BerkoffSgt. Jones
- Annie LennoxLiberty Woman
Recommendations
- 50
The Telegraph
It’s an interesting achievement in many ways. - 50
The Guardian
Much improved by its new cut, Revolution is an atmospheric depiction of soldiers' lives in the American revolutionary war – despite its flaws. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
The film makes a noble attempt to present history in a realistic, nonheroic light, but Hudson is done in by a dull script and some ludicrous (curiously unrealistic) casting (Pacino as a Scot, Sutherland as a Brit, and Kinski as an American). - 50
Los Angeles Times
But you know students. Some rotten Emperor’s New Clothier among them would be bound to point out that “Revolution” is utterly and fatally devoid of a story on which to hang its breathtaking pictures. And they’d have a point. - 50
Variety
Watching Revolution is a little like visiting a museum - it looks good without really being alive. The film doesn't tell a story so much as it uses characters to illustrate what the American Revolution has come to mean. Despite attempting to reduce big events to personal details, Revolution rarely works on a human scale. - 40
Empire
It's a fine line between high art and overblown nonsense. Bizarre accents and annoying camerawork abound in this package of tripe which isn't sure whether it has just left the butchers or is on its way back. - 30
Time
This solemn, incoherent, brown film is set in New York and Pennsylvania in 1776-81, but it often looks determined to analogize, one more time, the Viet Nam War. - 25
Chicago Tribune
Al Pacino has become a self-involved film star, and he`s one of the stars I hate.
