It's the big battle of the summer: Mel Gibson faces off against...Mel Gibson. In The Patriot, opening June 28, the hunky movie star plays a Revolutionary War hero. And just one week earlier he can be heard in Chicken Run voicing a revolutionary, um, chicken. Which got us to thinking... -- Daniel Fierman

'PATRIOT' 'CHICKEN RUN'

Plays an American, chicken to Plays an American chicken do battle till his kids are imperiled

Rises to top of pecking Rises to top of pecking order order through extraordinary through extraordinary flight fight skills skills One comrade loses his head One comrade loses her head to a cannonball to become a Butterball

Falls for a big-breasted chick Falls for a big-breasted chick

Lives in fear of evil tyrant Lives in fear of evil tyrant Colonel William Tavington Colonel Sanders Lambasted by British aristocrats Should be basted with 3 cups raspberries, 1 cup vinegar, 3/4 cup olive oil, 2 bay leaves; salt to taste


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