Review – Braveheart

In the grand tradition of Celts versus the English melodramas, here we have yet another festival of histrionic flopping about the nobility of rebellion against the English crown. Mel Gibson takes the helm of this epic about Scottish rebel William Wallace and his struggle against the crown. Some of the battle scenes are impressive; as an action movie, this works quite well. Sadly it’s a bit too long for an action movie, and the historical drama wedged in between the carnage isn’t really all that interesting (and in places not all that accurate, or so I’ve been given to understand). Further, the end is too silly and sentimental by far, especially for a torture sequence. But as historical dramas go, I guess I’ve seen worse. Mildly amusing