Not worth the hype!!

Rating: 2/10 (17 July 2009)

What an overrated crappy film that takes too many liberties with the facts. "Every man dies, not every man really lives.." What does that mean? Any film based on an historical event should try to follow some factual truth. Granted some liberties need to be taken but it should be done in a way that has a sense of realism and not filled with goofy Hollywood BS. For example just prior to the first battle with Longshanks army, Wallace's men moon the British from a distance. Now come on!! Do you really think this happened? And what is with the crazy Scot that says the F-word that we are suppose to find funny. Was the F-word even used in those days? Granted the battle scenes are well photographed but I would think the British army would have held their own better in combat with the Scots rather than appearing like some amateur confused bunch of boobs. The only highlight in this film was Patrick McGoohan. His performance was convincing. However when Mel Gibson yelled "FREEDOM" at the end when he was dying he took the words out of my mouth.....freedom from this overrated nonsense.