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At the beginning of the movie we see William Wallace the main character as a young boy. The setting is a small cottage in Scotland. His father and brother are about to embark on a trip to battle. As the townspeople cart the two dead bodies back to the cottage, the entire tone of the movie is set. As the bodies are buried young William remembers just exactly what the last thing his father had to say " It's our wits that make us men " which is a major point throughout the movie. Although it was unclear where the two men went and why they were killed, it was a immediate eye catcher and an excellent start to this movie. In the next scene we see the burial of his family. Several characters are shown here that will become important to the movie later. As young William weeps in sorrow, we see a young girl hand William a thistle. From this point, William is taken from his home and then educated by his Uncle. This is where young William grows up and improves his wits. From this point on, young William is no longer, he is now an adult William Wallace ( Mel Gibson ). As Will returns home to his broken down cottage, he stumbles upon a wedding festival. Here Will shows how strong and how smart his wits really are. All the while keeping his eye on a beautiful maiden which he intends to marry. Here the plot thickens and you have to remember the compassionate little girl that attended the funeral and gave young Will a thistle. The two make eye contact and an immediate flame ignites. This is the first example of romance that the movie shows. As the young lovers are drawn to each other they decide to elope. This is the beginning of the end of the calm William. As the town guards see the lovers interacting, they decide to rape the young women. Of course the minute the first scream is let out William strikes down the guards one at a time. His gives his young wife a horse and tells her ride off while he makes his own tracks. His wife is captured, and in order to attract William, her throat is cut and the war begins. The next scene that is presented is a rather solemn faced William on horseback. Whack! the first guard is struck down with one blow. William is on a rampage for the murder of his beloved wife. The guards are not able to withhold Will as well as the other townspeople. The fortress is overtaken and the noble who sliced Williams wife throat is given the same death. The King of England has just united France with his forces and his son will soon take over. The son is a nuisance and is unable to rule the Kingdom properly. As William rallied the people and took one fort after another, my heart just would not stop beating. The King proves his inability to rule with the decisions he makes. My pulse started to race and my mind was constantly working. If you are the type that likes medieval war, this movie is for you. In every scene someone is either sliced open, stabbed, or is unfortunate enough to lose a limb. The props used actually made the movie. I think that the battering ram, the bows and arrows, medieval swords and castles really depicted a life like emotion that can only be felt by using the real In the last scene Will has been betrayed and captured. Here the Queen visits Will before his untimely death and pleads to pledge his loyalty to be killed quickly. As a result of his high-strung pride, Will refuses the pain sedative that she gives him. Will is to be executed in a matter of hours and still will not give the oppressing king what he wants to hear. Williams fight turned from revenge to a fight for everyones freedom and he will not give in to the tyranny of the king now. As he is being tortured, he can do nothing but take the pain tight lipped and without letting out a single moan. He is tortured right up the very last seconds of his life, however with his last breath, he cries out the theme for the entire movie " FREEDOM ". With all things above considered, this an awesome movie definetly worth watching. Out of a 1-10 rating scale, one being the worst, and ten being the best, I give this a movie an 8. This was a movie that will get your heart pumping and leave you thirsting for more. Bibliography: Word Count: 866
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