Thanks.
Mel Gibson shows the side of England that they’d just as soon have everyone overlook. While “The Patriot” was a bit goofy (”Braveheart” comes to America), one of his early acting parts was in a movie (”Gallipoli”) about the battle that helped define Australia as a nation, determined to never again let an English government squander their young men in such an exercise in futility. 25 years later, when the Japanese went on a tear and threatened Australia itself, they had to rely on American troops to protect them since England wouldn’t release their own troops from the war in the desert. Since then, Australia has realized their future lies in the Pacific (including the US), not in Europe.