#5 from "BraveHeart"

The Movie "Braveheart," was loosely based on the first Scottish War for Independence. Most of the scenes in the film fit into this category, but this scene depicts one of the larger battles. The characters portray the savagery of medieval warfare, and raw emotional involvement these fighters must have felt. The tactical maneuvers that the king's army used appear to be consistent with historical accounts of this type of battle. The director displayed the fighting and resulting physical mutilation these techniques caused in vivid detail. Many of the fighting scenes display full screen detail of each injury or death. I am obviously without firsthand experience, but I can not imagine that this film leaves much to our imagination. The graphic detail and realism displayed in the battle scenes during this film are not often captured in other works.