OK. I know that BRAVEHEART was "based on a true story". I have never read anything on William Wallace (Mel Gibson's character). But the plot has no surprises in it. Nothing is very original about it. But the stuff that is there is watchable at least.

The plot basically begins when William Wallace is a kid and his father is killed in an attack on the English. William Wallace lives in Scotland and the evil King of England is ruling over Scotland. The Scotland peasants want their freedom. William Wallace then gets a visit from his uncle who tells Wallace to come with him. William basically has no choice since he only lived with his father, so he goes with his uncle and it is implied that he learns sword fighting skills as he grows up.

Then the film continues on to when William Wallace is grown up. The rest of the film deals with Wallace gathering more people in his army of peasants and engaging them in huge epic war battles. It has your standard lost loved-one and double crossing along the way.

Overall the people I would tell to see Braveheart are Mel Gibson fans or people who love battles where thousands of people charge against eachother and fight on huge fields. Or if you want to see a violent war epic with some drama thrown in.

I give Braveheart *** out of ****.