A stupendous historical saga, Braveheart won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for star Mel Gibson. He plays William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish commoner who unites the various clans against a cruel English King, Edward the Longshanks (Patrick McGoohan). The scenes of hand-to-hand combat are brutally violent, but they never glorify the bloodshed. There is such enormous scope to this story that it works on a smaller, more personal scale as well, … mehressaying love and loss, patriotism and passion. Extremely moving, it reveals Gibson as a multitalented performer and remarkable director with an eye for detail and an understanding of human emotion. (His first directorial effort was 1993's Man Without a Face.) The film is nearly three hours long and includes several plot tangents, yet is never dull. This movie resonates long after you have seen it, both for its visual beauty and for its powerful story. --Rochelle O'Gorman weniger
Über den Schauspieler Mel Gibson kann man vieles sagen, doch eines muss man ihm lassen, wenn er richtig Hand anlegt, dann liefert er grosses Kino ab. In der Riesenproduktion Braveheart war er nicht nur als Produzent tätig, er führte Regie und übernahm auch die Hauptrolle. Das Endresultat spielte nicht nur über 200 Millionen US-Dollar ein, es wurde auch für zehn Oscars nominiert, von denen es fünf ... weiterlesen