Mel Gibson Takes the Reigns.

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2015)

Braveheart (1995): Dir: Mel Gibson / Cast: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Angus Macfadyen: Here is a salute to freedom and the price paid. It regards William Wallace whose father and brother were slain when he was a boy. Taken in by his uncle, he grows to lead a rebellion against England after his wife is publicly executed. Mel Gibson presents impressive battle sequences as Wallace aligns with other villages in an attempt to form an army to overthrow King Edward 1 of England. Gibson portrays Wallace as a man bent on freedom to the point of death, and he is faced with many victories as well as betrayals. When he yells out the word, "freedom", he does so during his darkest moment. Sophie Marceau plays the Princess to the King's young feeble Prince. She is sent as a form of information and decoy but she becomes enamored with Wallace and warns him of danger. Patrick McGoohan as King Edward 1 is a thunderous villain ruler bent on conquering opposition until he lay on his death bed with words whispered into his conscience that embed worse than his greatest defeat. Catherine McCormack plays Wallace's wife who falls victim to the King's rule that enables his bids on newly brides. Angus Macfadyen is featured as someone whom Wallace seeks assistance from. Well crafted excellence about freedom and its very nature. Score: 10 / 10