An emotional roller coaster

Rating: 10/10 (5 July 2000)

I was hesitant at first to go and see this movie, but I am glad I went. Not only does the movie provide great action scenes and some intense war scenes, the movie also makes you angry then happy and then sad. It's an emotional roller coaster that grabs your heart and lifts it up then steps on it, and lifts it up again. Although the battle scenes were intense, there was not an excess of gory brutality. As for the acting, this is the type of movie that Mel does best. I can also say that the supporting cast was great too. The children, even though their part was small, did a great job to make you love them, where as the villains made us hate them beyond belief. All in all I thought that this was an excellent movie and not an exact replica of Braveheart, but just as good. Oh and for those of you women who don't enjoy the war movies, Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger are reason enough to go and see it twice.