I think that's Mel in a nutshell. But he's becoming less and less able to control his rage. Since his father "has never lied to him" imagine the inner conflict and turmoil of growing up with a Jew-hating, Holocaust denying crank as a role model. And by the way, this goes way back to the Lethal Weapon series when, even as an actor for hire he played a rage-filled over-the-edge head case. I think it's fair to say that his greatest acting performance was the dim and meek Tim, in his very early years. All the rest were not much of a stretch.
He made me nervous just watching him. Blinking, drinking that maybe Kahlua coffee, and looking around with no smile. I have always enjoyed his work and he was a very handsome young guy. As I said on a later post down the line, he's a wreck. It is a shame he's such a self destructive individual. Probably working out his hate issues would make a happier man.
I liked his role as Col.Hal Moore.
Mel Gibson made the best Vietnam war movie ever made, he and devout catholic Hal Moore became close friends.
Road Warrior, Braveheart, We Were Soldiers, The Passion of the Christ, all are on my top ten list, from the word I've heard so far Apocalypto may join the list.