The film suggests Scotland had been under English occupation for some time, at least during Wallace's childhood, and in the run-up to the Battle of Falkirk Wallace says to the younger Bruce, "e'll have what none of us have ever had before, a country of our own."
电影暗示苏格兰已经被英格兰占领过一段时间了，且至少从华勒斯幼儿时期开始占领，在福尔克之战中华勒斯对年轻的布鲁斯说：“我们会得到一个我们之前未曾获得的东西，属于我们自己的国家。