What was the last Mel Gibson movie you watched before finding out he's an asshole?

[Dave Bowman]

For me it would be Braveheart although he made a few others that were watchable after that.

[Xavier Breath]

1. Likely The Patriot.

I saw it on cable not long before his infamous DUI meltdown where he ranted about Jews.

Edit to add: it was mediocre and it featured a British general whose treatment of the enemy would have made Genghis Khan shake his head in disbelief.

[Jedi Guy]

6. Jason Isaacs was great as Colonel Tavington. He always plays good villains. N/T

[lamp_shade]

2. Braveheart.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

4. Yup.

Hated him in the role even then.

[msongs]

3. never seen one. he was cute half naked on dame edna tho nt

[haele]

5. Beyond Thunderdome?

The first Lethal Weapon?
Depends on how much control the directors had over him,
He started really pushing putting himself into the tortured redeemer archetype after Lethal Weapon.
Even as an action hero, his range was very limited, and that's always a red flag.

[AZProgressive]

7. It would have to be either

Braveheart, What Women Want, or one of the Lethal Weapon movies. It has been so long since I have seen a Mel Gibson movie I don't really remember.

[Jedi Guy]

8. The Patriot, I think.

It wasn't terrible but the rest of the cast carried it, in my opinion. Especially Jason Isaacs. He can always be relied upon to play a fantastic villain.

Braveheart was pretty good, too, but once again it was the rest of the cast that made it interesting. Brendan Gleeson as Hamish, Patrick McGoohan as Edward I, David O'Hara as Stephen... a lot of really great performers in supporting roles that were a lot more interesting then Gibson's portrayal of Wallace. McGoohan in particular did a fantastic job playing Longshanks.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. I've always known he was, and still is, an asshole,

but I don't rate an actor on their politics or assholishness, I rate their movies/shows on their talent as actors and, IMHO, Mel Gibson is right up there with the rest of the A lister actors.

My favorite movies with him are:
We Were Soldiers:

And then:
Edge of Darkness:

[pcdb]

10. Dragged Across Concrete

Which was actually really good.

[NewHendoLib]

11. probably Signs

[hlthe2b]

12. I was always amazed at how many loved Braveheart. I have tried repeatedly and just can't finish it.

And, no it isn't the violence nor the subject matter, peoples/history involved, nor anything of the kind--which is why I have repeatedly gone back to try to watch the whole thing through. But, same result. Different strokes for different folks and all that, I guess.

I always liked Danny Glover, so maybe one of those with him (Lethal Weapon).

[applegrove]

13. I saw a lot of his movies. Then stopped when it sunk in he was

anti-semetic.

[Grey5]

14. The first Lethal Weapon?

I was never fond of his acting...