He rallies other angry Scots and an English-hating Irish brigade and stages a successful guerilla war on the British. Ironically, Wallace's goal of independence for Scotland is thwarted by the region's own aristocrats, a well-treated bunch with investments in England.
Betrayed by his high-born countrymen, Wallace assassinates a number of them before he's captured and handed over to the English for public torture and execution. Wallace is unyielding to the end, and his example shames the Scottish prince Robert the Bruce Angus McFayden to lead a larger, more successful revolt later in Wallace's name.
This is not for the faint of heart; parents should be aware of the high level of blood and gore and sexual elements. Edward I's son Edward II Peter Hanly is a pampered homosexual who so annoys Longshanks that the king throws his son's boyfriend out of a window.
Edward II is married, for strictly diplomatic reasons, to a beautiful French princess Sophie Marceau who sleeps with William Wallace and gets pregnant by him, another way by which the hero triumphs from beyond the grave.
Families can talk about how some heroes often fail to get their just recognition and glory during their lifetimes, only painful death. Why do you think this is?
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Biography Drama History War. Rated R for brutal medieval warfare. Did you know Edit. Trivia Mel Gibson initially turned down the role of William Wallace, as he felt he was too old for the part. However, Paramount Pictures would only finance the film if Gibson played the lead role, so he agreed. Goofs During the last battle, two soldiers just stop fighting and laugh at what is going on. Quotes William Wallace : Every man dies, not every man really lives.
Crazy credits With the exception of the title of the movie, there are no opening credits. Alternate versions When the film was originally released, the final voice over tells us that the Scots "won their freedom It can still be found, however, in the liner notes of the soundtrack album.
Connections Edited into Hollywood Burn User reviews 1. Top review. A simple message but even today, over seven hundred years later, there are far too many captive to their cultures, governments and institutions.
They take a large slice, sometimes all of the freedoms William Wallace and so many others fought for. Keep up the fight because, like the tide, those oppressive forces wont curtail.
A rousing piece of cinema, you can forgive the historical inaccuracies in order for it to tell a hugely engaging and inspirational story full of hope, although it leaves you under no illusion of mans inhumanity to man and the vile and despicable things that can be done in the name of greed, power and control.
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