Braveheart
177 minutes,
USA (1995), 15
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(3.8 / 372 votes)
(3.8 / 372 votes)
Mad Mel dons a kilt and hair extensions and proceeds to slice up some English with a huge sword. Gibson both plays Scottish freedom fighter William Wallace and directs this epic of romance, heroism and flying horses
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Braveheart: Mel Gibson produces, directs and stars in this fictionalisation of the story of William Wallace (from the pen of Randall Wallace) and cops a barrel-load of Oscars for his trouble.
This is three hours' worth of gripping drama, which spares nothing on either the visceral or the emotional front (the ending, in which Wallace finally gets his come-uppance, is genuine lump-in-the-throat stuff)...
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