So they're not bothering with releasing both cuts of films on high-def formats then?  That's a shame, as I think I preferred the theatrical cut of this one, and a few theatrical cuts compared to Sony's rather shameless "let's-just-stick-the-scenes-in-that-the-director-didn't-want-and-repackage-them" cuts.

Entertaining film though.  I couldn't care less about all those who rant on about the Brit bashing.  Are we to forever just watch films that depict parts of history where the Germans or the Arabs are the baddies, often without objectivity?  I don't really care who's portrayed as the bad guys, as long as the film's entertaining.

I've been pretty impressed with recent Sony transfers of older movies on Blu Ray. I had a copy of SWAT and Tears of the Sun (among others)brought back for me from the States last week and I was really struck at the massive difference between the SD DVD and the HD version. Looking forward to Patriot. I agree, it was an entertaining movie. The pic and sound quality should be awesome. The sequence where Mel frees Heath Ledger from the British soldiers is classic sound demo material...

Roland Emmerich + Dean Devlin + Mel gibson = C**P.