an honest review

Rating: Null/10 (16 March 2014)

i do not know much about William Wallace or that English-Scottish war that movie depicts, but, by all accounts, neither do Mel Gibson and Randall Wallace. if there is so little history in this flick, then it is to be considered as a romanced hero tale. as such it is grotesque. 'the hero' does such acts of sickening violence that it feels like exaggeration of sort, kitsch, camp, but the rest of the movie is straightforward so it is not. i believe that this was one of the most violent films ever made, at the time when it came out. there were very graphic films and before this one, but those were mostly exploitation b movies. this one brought gruesomeness of movie killings into the mainstream. unfortunately, it was very well received. audiences loved it. so it opened the doors for many others to come. and two more from mr. Gibson. so sadistically violent, that it is impossible for me to see them any other way, except some sexual fantasies. and to make things even more disturbing they all have some Christian overtones. 'the hero' here dies a martyr death. same with 'apocalypto' where the brownskins are punished by 'crossbearers' for being savages. all in all, the message of the movie is deeply twisted and evil one, in the way that it smuggles the act of killing, as something sacred, a holy right of every man. too late to whine now, when all is done, the film discussed is a cult classic..