Great Movie - Factually Incorrect - Spoiler Warning

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2011)

This is a fantastic movie that is factually incorrect. It has an amazing soundtrack, fiercely impressive acting, and adds some wonderful fiction to a mystical figure from Scotland's past.
Some interesting facts: 1. Wallace was a member of the Scottish nobility. He was far from being a peasant or dirt farmer. 2. The movie talks about how nobody can withstand a Cavalry charge. This is untrue, traditionally cavalry charges only work against rabble, against any force that is organized cavalry charges are usually easily defeated by trained foes. They were mostly used for flanking attacks and in formations that help to create refused flanks. 3. The Battle of Stirling Bridge is depicted in the film, but it bears little resemblance to the real battle, there being no bridge (due mainly to the difficulty of filming around the bridge itself) and the tactics resembling the Battle of Bannockburn. The main strategic events of the battle (but obviously not the detail) are followed in Robyn Young's novel Requiem. 4. He was actually captured years after his defeat at Falkirk. 5. The sexual implications between him and the queen are complete fiction. 6. Edward did not die any time near the time of Wallace.
Just some interesting facts.