This scene is a perfect demonstration of what oppressors have failed to understand for centuries: the more you persecute those who are already suffering, the more passionate they become.
@@Tondaloona03Nope, Robert the Bruce, who was king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329, freed Scotland from English rule by winning the decisive Battle of Bannockburn and achieving English agreement to full Scottish independence in the 1328 Treaty of Northampton
it is known that this is one of the least historically accurate films ever. also who cares, it's essentially fiction with some vague vague tie-ins with real events.
In case anyone is wondering, "MacAulish" means "Son of Wallace." Them shouting it and then switching to just "Wallace" is them no longer seeing William as just the son of someone they knew, but as a man of his own worth.
I figured "Michaelek" or "MaCaulish" sounds a lot like "Wallace" at the end of the name. That scans. For decades, I never considered that this was when he stepped out from his old man's shadow
Actually I believe they're saying "McCauligh" which meant something like leader or master in Gaelic.. I believe they were electing him to lead a charge against the English.
@@sammi388 Where are you getting this? The movie scripts for Braveheart describe them as yelling either MacClannough (Murron's name) or MacAulish (William's name), likely depending on the edit versions of the script. In the movie they seem to have gone with MacAulish.
people are ALWAYS saying that. it's never true. just as it wasn' true in the 70s when they were saying it about films in the 60s, or the 90s when they were saying it about the o.g. star wars films, nor now.
Mel Gibson's expression when he finally kills the commander is so good. He got revenge, but he feels nothing, just emptiness. The character doesn't glorify or relish in it.
he cognizant enough 2 realize it wont bring his wife back, but it still had to b done, cuz ery man has to have a line which others aint allowed to cross witout suffering tha consequences
@@imaramblins Watch the movie. That's not the reason he cut his throat. That guy cut his wife's throat and he got revenge for that. She was one of the women that didn't get kidnapped.
How he just doesn’t say anything still gets me. Doesn’t waste a breath on the man who killed his wife. No remorse, no second thoughts. Made him go through all the fear she had to. He kills him. Just to stand there and realize it’s not gunna bring her back. How he looks to the sky, wondering what will fill the void.
@@TrueBuddhaCat as it happens, the "elder" was 47 at the time and and the "son" was 40. That's some extremely convincing acting on the parts of both men.
Those dudes had the best, 1-2 punch chemistry in the entire movie. And that's saying something because Gibson versus McGowan was damned good. The French ladies had some serious chemistry just with the wife's homegirl's overall messiness. But Hamish and Campbell were the shit, hands down.
I was 13 and thank heavens for the black box that scrambled all the cable channels so we got everything free haha!! This movie was one of them and it was intense! Good stuff!
This scene showed that after he killed the man that killed his wife it really didn’t make him feel anything…He could’ve killed him 1000 times but it wasn’t going to bring his wife back.
No criminal defence lawyers, no courts, no magistrates, judges or jurors, just swift and decisive justice metered out by a husband whose wife was murdered in cold blood. Very satisfying!
Ok, stop ruining Braveheart for me. It gets disturbing when some like you come around and Jack off to people getting killed. Stop getting boners to this scene and leave, please
3:40 - when I saw this in the cinema when it came out, the entire cinema erupted cheering and clapping at this moment... How apt it was that Wallace avenged Murron's death in exactly the same way she was killed off
The old dude with the arrow in him going super saiyan and chucking a spear into an English soldier who wasn't even looking cracks me up every time. Feels completely Monty Python.
The English attempted ambushing him while he was fishing. He slew 10 of them and escaped into the freezing river. If this be true, no man of mean lungs, brawn, nor spirit was he.
@@betrthnu3413 Nein. But I do believe in the hardihood of a Breton knight, and the dour or desperate martial endurance of the Scots. Both of which have no lean historical attestation.
Absolute magnificent acting here on display: when the Sheriff looks Wallace in the eye he nervously glances at the forces surrounding him left and right for a brief moment before returning Wallace's gaze. While Wallace's eyes run him up and down, as if he's sizing him up to gauge the kind of man he really is. It's the mark of the hunted vs the hunter. To see the essence of human nature displayed is a brilliant flair in cinematography. It earned its Oscars, all of them.
Before slitting his throat, Wallace looks him over from head to toe, taking his time to study the king's insignia on his chest and what looks like a flag over his shoulders . He is killing the man who killed his wife but also beginning an assault on the king himself, echoing what the magistrate said earlier "An assault on the king's soldiers is the same as an assault on the king himself."
@Peter L Take another look - Wallace is disgusted that a pathetic runt stood before him. Despite what he did to his wife, Wallace showed total composure and control in dealing with his 'ending'. You tend to find that those who 'win' do so, in larger part, because of a high level of self-control. Take that control away and you leave yourself open to inevitable manipulation.
@Peter L This is the lamest comment ever written in the all CZcams comment section. What did you expect?!?! The sheriff to scream??!?! Or to cry?!?!?! And what's the point??? He knew that Wallace is coming to kill him, and once the English soldiers were defeated, the sheriff knew what was his fate. Everybody around him knew it. No screaming or crying would change a thing. The sheriff knew that he was a dead man walking. He just didn't know how he'll get killed.
@@raynoraynov5651 he should be glad, it was pretty fast all things considered, a lot of revenge killings when the person is captured as not so fast, unless they are worried about rescue.
Almost forgot, I remember watching this in the theater, no one got up to go to the bathroom or get snacks, captivated our attention, still does for me.
That reminds me of the movie the patriot near the end of the ambush revenge scene where Benjamin Martin and his two youngest sons rescue his oldest son, Benjamin Martin chases after a fleeing british soldier and kill him with the tomahawk.
I can remember watching this movie on pay-per-view TV with my dad when it was new. I was 13 at the time. It’s an unforgettable movie. Mel really knocked it out of the park with this one. He’s an incredible actor and director. My favorite part is the look on his face right before he hits the first soldier. Amazing stuff.
My history teacher showed our class this movie. Told us to keep it on the down-low. I was about 11 years old. I had to hold in my tears at certain scenes. This movie completely blew me away.
@@daveystayn9284 it's real history. They based this movie on Mel gibsons great grand father. It's pretty amazing they actually had cameras back then to record all these historical moments in time.
İ met with Braveheart in the year 1996, it was my first year in uni and my father placed me in a religious group s student acco. Which was ruled with absolute autocracy that represented English in the movie for me. For the next 3 years i watched Braveheart more than 27 times in cimema, didnt have no money so i saved it all for the movie. I cried every single time i watched it, to me still remains the greatest movie every made to this day. I remember every single line and scenery in the movie and live it every single day so for me this movie is immortal
Seeing this passionate post in 2024 and can’t help feeling how old it is already. Scotland desperate to “fight the auld foe”, while welcoming more violent and much more organised oppression via a virile army of young men? Young men who from aged about 7 yrs could strip down a weapon in the dark … after prayers of course? Not looking good Scotland, the Braveheart days are long gone 😂
This movie remained in many people's heads for a long time, I remember forging a falchion from an old industrial saw mill, it a was a guy in a wheelchair who helped me make it, not joking Since then HEMA and medieval combat remained forever a hobby of mine
The look in Gibson’s eyes right at the beginning of this clip, and you can see this leading up to it if I remember correctly, really sets the tone for who this character is about to become due to this choice. He is not joyful to be delivering vengeance, and he doesn’t even look angry. He almost looks defeated, even though he’s only starting the war, because he knows as a Christian that retaliating in bloodshed is not ideal for his soul even if he feels forced to it, and he knows it won’t bring Marion back, and he probably doesn’t even think the soldier he’s about to kill is personally evil. And because he probably doesn’t expect to survive this very first fight.
@@okllo At least there is one and a very famous one at that. There is no movie about Owain Glyndwr, Prince of Wales. He led a 15 year long Welsh revolt against Henry IV and England. He was never killed or captured although his son died in battle and his wife and remaining children were taken hostage by the king and carted off into captivity. I wish the Welsh would get as much as if not more recognition for fighting against English oppression, than the Scots and Irish. Most Scots and Irish prefer to speak the language of their former oppressors, while Welsh is widely used in Wales and indeed there are people there who don't speak English or only speak it very poorly.
@@simonh6371 The Welsh are almost totally subsumed into English culture in a way the Scots and, especially, the Irish never were. The Scots have maintained all of their cultural institutions within the United Kingdom. Separate institutions like Scots Law, Judiciary, Scottish Education, Church, banking and finance. Scotland's retained far more of its identity. Can Wales say the same?
@@trebleking1641 Institutionally yes because they were annexed by England early on which is logical as they were the closest. But culturally definitely not. Welsh is used far more in Wales than Gaelic in Scotland or Ireland.
You guys are aware this is all bullshit and the reason the English occupied Scotland is cause for their entire history they've been raiding over our border. Same with the Irish. They weren't noble barbarians unjustly oppressed they were savages that brought their fate on themselves. Also the idea of Scotland somehow being culturally separate is hilarious all the Scottish institutions and protocols were handed down from Westminster. The traditions of the clans died centuries ago, now they're just English with an accent.
@@tomsaywer9883 True. But what Wallace had was true love. He found a wife and took her as his own flesh and blood mate. Not some random ho whose been rawed by 30 other sweaty dudes.
@@CooManTunes why? It’s Hollywood simplified nonsense aimed at lowest common denominator people who think this is somehow a true message. Fact is, the idea of “freedom” was utter nonsense given the feudal notion of society and the majority of people living in Scotland were peasants with very few rights at all. They were all fighting and killing each other and Edward I was not a particularly cruel or difficult king. That said, as drama it’s not bad.
Love how he still looks shocked when he puts the knife to his throat. Like he really still didn’t expect to die. Such great acting in a timeless movie. A work of art
Gibson, or whoever works for him as the casting director, will hire only the best actors for these scenes. This movie holds up as a classic, and put more millions in Gibson's pocket to boot!
There's many layers to this act of revenge, it probably shows how he doesnt want to do it, but feels that he needs to, like its depressing that things got this bad in the first place
The whole facial expression and posture, especially after he slit his throat... was colder than ice. Like it was far from enough to do that. topnotch acting.
@You know this face the statement he made is saying that today’s films overuse it as opposed to filming on real locations. It’s ok, words are tough sometimes!
The way movies should be made..brave heart had many timeliness wardrobe locatiin inacuracys...but it stands as an example of perfect story telling well cast and cinematic achievment..lets go back to this methodology of the art.
I remember the first time I saw this scene. I was just wandering through the television channels one day and this scene came on in full view, and I was in absolute awe of what I saw. No remorse, no morality, no witty one liner. Just a straight up slash to the neck to the man who killed Wallace's wife, but the pain of her loss still remained.
One of the best films ever made. I had such a vast range of emotions throughout the 3 hours of this brilliantly told story. Went back to the theater 6 more times before it went to VHS. That's right....VHS. 📼
Ur lucky to have seen it the theaters back when it was a treat to watch movies bcuz it was so rare - not saying I don't like internet hi lights , but it was special back then u would have imagine/ dream of the movies you saw
@@notoriousLSGshow I'm definitely grateful. I saw it with an old friend and her mother, who's passed on since then. It's a nice memory, especially since it's sometimes difficult to think of nice memories from childhood.
One of my favorite scenes of all time in any movie. The anger he processed is the type of anger I would have knowing they killed ones wife. The brutality is right on.
@McFlickers historically inaccurate? You betcha. But it’s within the realm of possibility in terms of what was seen...beat a man, kill his wife. Death knows many doors fed boy
I'm surprised this movie wasn't taken off Netflix for having too many whites in a European drama. Just like sleepy Joe says: if ya don't watch this movie and like it, then you ain't white.
saw this film 26 years ago.............seen it atleat 1ooo times since,,,,because of this film i became obsessed with scotland,,,ended up living there many years, best years of my life...born in england, raised in wales reborn in scotland,,,thats why i call home GREAT BRITAIN
This scene is one of the more historically accurate ones. Wallace did in fact lead an uprising against the English garrison at Lanark, and he did kill the High Sheriff William de Heselrig. However, since Marion Braidfute (only named Murron because the filmmakers thought audiences would be stupid enough to confuse her with Maid Marian from Robin Hood's legend) never existed and Wallace never had a wife, there are seemingly only two possible reasons as to why he attacked the garrison. One is that the English had confiscated his family's land, effectively making them outlaws, thus Wallace retaliated with nothing further to lose. The other is that it was an ally of his named Richard of Lundie who led the attack and Wallace was simply helping out. Ultimately, I agree with what Cynical Reviews said about Braveheart the most. Whilst the drama, music and acting is great, it didn't need to sacrifice historical retelling as much as it did. I know that history-based dramas can never be historically accurate enough and have to leave some things out in order to deliver a good story to the audience, but Braveheart took it way too far. I honestly think the history itself would've been better than the typical Hollywood-esque action-adventure story the film is.
How is it completely inaccurate when William Wallace, Robert the Bruce & King Longshanks were actual ppl? The battles, weapons and clothing were also mostly accurate as well. So did they take some creative license with the overall story? Sure. But how could they not? It’s not like ppl were writing all this stuff down back then. Also, 100% accurate history, as fascinating as it is to some of us, would bore the hell out of the average movie goer.
The great irony is that Scotland's fighting men would go on to distinguish themselves in the British military. The strongest adversaries turned into the most reliable warriors.
This was my FAV scene in the film, when I first saw it I was grinning and shouting "JUSTICE!!!". This was justice for unjustified and evil acts and the injustice of criminal oppression. 'An eye for an eye', I loved the battle of Stirling, but this was my fav scene in the film, his wife's soul could rest easy after this. Mel Gibson played this role PERFECTLY.
Wallace is not a maniac killer, he's learnt the ways of war, so I'm guessing that after stripping the guy of his armor and weapon he told him to fuck off and that if he shows his ugly mug anywhere near the village again he's dead.
Being a man born and raised in Ireland with a Scottish grandfather on my mother's side i can tell you movies like this really get the hairs on my neck standing up and my blood boiling I get a bit too into it 😂
Daaamn , to me the fact Mel Gibson/Brakeheart says nothing in this scene makes it even more powerful. I find it especially chilling when he calm pushes him again the pole and swiftly slices his throat. Mel Gibson did a great job with this.
There's no other scene in Braveheart that is so tragic and satisfying at the same time as Wallace's wife's death followed by the revenge carried out against the perpetrator
Braveheart is the antithesis to Zack Snyder and his armies of buff supermen - it's about everyone united in a common cause regardless of age, body type, or even levels of physical fitness.
@@jakemason100 Oh okay thanks dude I always heard it as urry up boy! I'm gonna watch it tonight so I'll have a 'oh yeah' moment when I get to this part lol
I agree with everything said already. *slightest* addition: he killed the Commander/Local Magistrate in the exact same spot that the Officer murdered his wife; his vengeance and avenging of her is as masterclass of filmmaking as the film itself
It's awesome. That will be the adrenaline pumping through his body but later on that night he was probably like "foooookin hell this hurts ya bastard" lol.
Every moment in this was awesome. One favorite scene of mine that stuck with me was the antler jabbed into the dude's neck. Brutal. I've never looked at deer the same way again lmao
That part when Wallace lobbed Hamish that hammer was cool. It's the shorthand that you build. Hamish forgot about the stones when William was off fighting in The Crusades. But it all came back.
2:20 The Englishman falling on the spike. At first the spike was long and from his motion, he was gonna crash against THE SIDE of the spike and bend it. But then they showed he got pierced on his torso and the spike appeared to be short.
This was the most memorable part of the movie BY FAR. Stirling and Falkirk were sideshows compared to this scene (from a cinematic perspective). The execution at the end was also pretty good.
Or don't bother to form up to attack in a group, just take them on one-by-one to make it easier for them. The English in real life were pretty sloppy and incompetent, but this took it to another level
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All british "royalty" should have the same.
No cheesy last line, no dramatic music, just cutting his throat with 0 remorse or hesitation. Love it.
A rare trait indeed in today's big films, where they generally pander to the dumbest in society.
Got it over with but made sure that guy knew exactly what he had put Murron through
Exactly. No pandering, no “And THAT..is why you don’t f*ck with the Scotts!” *slices throat* cheesy ass line. Just great acting.
You need a psychiatrist. Why would you love it when people cut other people's throat? Weirdo!
@@guitarttimman Have you seen this movie?? that fella deserves it
This scene is a perfect demonstration of what oppressors have failed to understand for centuries: the more you persecute those who are already suffering, the more passionate they become.
When you leave a people with nothing left to lose. Then they will do the unthinkable to you.
Well never fight a peasant army. They have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
@@Tondaloona03Nope, Robert the Bruce, who was king of Scotland from 1306 to 1329, freed Scotland from English rule by winning the decisive Battle of Bannockburn and achieving English agreement to full Scottish independence in the 1328 Treaty of Northampton
@@Tondaloona03 Yeaaah sure buddy.
@@Tondaloona03 Other generations fucked up, not this one, this one did good.
Also, later on England became UK, so that was different.
What a powerful scene. The absolute anger and zero remorse in his eyes when he comes back knowing they killed his wife
Love the way he eyes him from head to feet in depressed disgust then boots him down the hill.
This never happened, it's all crap
@@billythefish1727 stfu
I bet loved his wife like a rose
it is known that this is one of the least historically accurate films ever. also who cares, it's essentially fiction with some vague vague tie-ins with real events.
In case anyone is wondering, "MacAulish" means "Son of Wallace." Them shouting it and then switching to just "Wallace" is them no longer seeing William as just the son of someone they knew, but as a man of his own worth.
I figured "Michaelek" or "MaCaulish" sounds a lot like "Wallace" at the end of the name. That scans. For decades, I never considered that this was when he stepped out from his old man's shadow
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Thank you !!!
Actually I believe they're saying "McCauligh" which meant something like leader or master in Gaelic.. I believe they were electing him to lead a charge against the English.
@@sammi388 Where are you getting this? The movie scripts for Braveheart describe them as yelling either MacClannough (Murron's name) or MacAulish (William's name), likely depending on the edit versions of the script. In the movie they seem to have gone with MacAulish.
They sure don't make films like they used to. Absolutely epic scene.
They really don't
people are ALWAYS saying that. it's never true. just as it wasn' true in the 70s when they were saying it about films in the 60s, or the 90s when they were saying it about the o.g. star wars films, nor now.
@@highstimulation2497 oh it is true......
@@highstimulation2497 idc about the hd and bs, that's the only thing that's better. The movies themselves are dog shit compared to older ones.
@@highstimulation2497 Yeah, it's about looking in the right places.
Mel Gibson's expression when he finally kills the commander is so good. He got revenge, but he feels nothing, just emptiness. The character doesn't glorify or relish in it.
he cognizant enough 2 realize it wont bring his wife back, but it still had to b done, cuz ery man has to have a line which others aint allowed to cross witout suffering tha consequences
I'd trim pieces off of the sucker and put relish on him. lol
Exactly. You killed my wife. I'll leave you just as empty as I felt, with my blade across your neck.
You piece of garbage!
😒😑
@@imaramblins go see a psychiatrist
@@imaramblins Watch the movie. That's not the reason he cut his throat. That guy cut his wife's throat and he got revenge for that. She was one of the women that didn't get kidnapped.
How he just doesn’t say anything still gets me. Doesn’t waste a breath on the man who killed his wife. No remorse, no second thoughts. Made him go through all the fear she had to.
He kills him. Just to stand there and realize it’s not gunna bring her back. How he looks to the sky, wondering what will fill the void.
When you have to cut a throat, you cut a throat, you don't talk.
Yup, Mel really knows how to act. There’s a similar scene in the movie the patriot when one of his sons dies and his acting is just unreal
Thank you for that analysis.
Oh well, certainly won't bring that old fart back either, so win-win.
Can we all agree that Campbell the Elder is an absolute gem, especially when he smacks Hamish on the head for trying to pull the arrow out 🤣
A true warrior even at an old age telling both his son and the grim reaper to piss off
@@TrueBuddhaCat as it happens, the "elder" was 47 at the time and and the "son" was 40.
That's some extremely convincing acting on the parts of both men.
Those dudes had the best, 1-2 punch chemistry in the entire movie. And that's saying something because Gibson versus McGowan was damned good. The French ladies had some serious chemistry just with the wife's homegirl's overall messiness. But Hamish and Campbell were the shit, hands down.
That dude is awesome ..love all his scenes
And he went on, years later, to be Jeor Mormont, Lord Commander of the Nights Watch, and STILL a complete badass
Back in 95 this type of onscreen realism was unseen and shocking. Absolutely revolutionary film.
Absolutely. I remember seeing this in the theaters when I was 15. We all looked at each other like “Did he just shove a bone in that guys neck???” 😂
@@fellowdanbarber3323yes, yes he did ❤️🔥🥰
I was 13 and thank heavens for the black box that scrambled all the cable channels so we got everything free haha!! This movie was one of them and it was intense! Good stuff!
To bad it's completely devoid of historical accuracy.
100%, it may not be the most historically accurate but damn the direction/filming in this movie is legendary.
This scene showed that after he killed the man that killed his wife it really didn’t make him feel anything…He could’ve killed him 1000 times but it wasn’t going to bring his wife back.
Exactly
Yes. You notice he’s so angry he can’t speak .
But i assure you if he can kill him 1000 times he will even that will not bring his wife again
Yeah well letting him live ain't going to bring her back either. He did the right thing. 👍🏻💪
@@everything90s94 haha I got you but you’re missing the point
No criminal defence lawyers, no courts, no magistrates, judges or jurors, just swift and decisive justice metered out by a husband whose wife was murdered in cold blood. Very satisfying!
Ok, stop ruining Braveheart for me. It gets disturbing when some like you come around and Jack off to people getting killed. Stop getting boners to this scene and leave, please
That's how it should be. I'd want and seek revenge for that.
This film will never get old.
It’s ancient
It really is a great fantasy film.
3:40 - when I saw this in the cinema when it came out, the entire cinema erupted cheering and clapping at this moment... How apt it was that Wallace avenged Murron's death in exactly the same way she was killed off
The old dude with the arrow in him going super saiyan and chucking a spear into an English soldier who wasn't even looking cracks me up every time. Feels completely Monty Python.
For real I was like ughhh dude your under attack by Scottish rebels pay attention !
That's the Cosmo not the plan dude 😂
Boy, Hamish's father is awesome.
You mean Lord Commander Jeor Mormont? :) James Cosmo is awesome
Yep, he can lift up a palisade with an arrow through his lung
@@edinscot56789 It wasn’t in his lung
What a brave character ! Even hit by an arrow he straight moving forward !
@@FMJ762 Might want to double check your anatomy.
Hamishs' father Campbell is such a badass.
"I won't let myself die in bed in 5 yrs, when braver men may yet die today. FVCK YER OPTICS I'M GOING IN!!"
Yeah the guy literally takes a goddamn arrow to the chest but hes still walking around like it’s nothing.
his son is ok too)
Dude is testosterone incarnate
@@LeSpaghet not to mention getting his hand chopped off. Then proceeds for the gut shot straight away
It’s not revenge, William Wallace got justice.
The English attempted ambushing him while he was fishing. He slew 10 of them and escaped into the freezing river. If this be true, no man of mean lungs, brawn, nor spirit was he.
Psalm 58:10
Justice by that era's standards, maybe.
Vengeance.
@@betrthnu3413 Nein. But I do believe in the hardihood of a Breton knight, and the dour or desperate martial endurance of the Scots. Both of which have no lean historical attestation.
Never underestimate the power of a man's love.
Absolute magnificent acting here on display: when the Sheriff looks Wallace in the eye he nervously glances at the forces surrounding him left and right for a brief moment before returning Wallace's gaze. While Wallace's eyes run him up and down, as if he's sizing him up to gauge the kind of man he really is.
It's the mark of the hunted vs the hunter. To see the essence of human nature displayed is a brilliant flair in cinematography. It earned its Oscars, all of them.
Before slitting his throat, Wallace looks him over from head to toe, taking his time to study the king's insignia on his chest and what looks like a flag over his shoulders . He is killing the man who killed his wife but also beginning an assault on the king himself, echoing what the magistrate said earlier "An assault on the king's soldiers is the same as an assault on the king himself."
@Peter L Take another look - Wallace is disgusted that a pathetic runt stood before him. Despite what he did to his wife, Wallace showed total composure and control in dealing with his 'ending'. You tend to find that those who 'win' do so, in larger part, because of a high level of self-control. Take that control away and you leave yourself open to inevitable manipulation.
@Peter L This is the lamest comment ever written in the all CZcams comment section.
What did you expect?!?! The sheriff to scream??!?! Or to cry?!?!?!
And what's the point??? He knew that Wallace is coming to kill him, and once the English soldiers were defeated, the sheriff knew what was his fate. Everybody around him knew it.
No screaming or crying would change a thing. The sheriff knew that he was a dead man walking. He just didn't know how he'll get killed.
@@raynoraynov5651 he should be glad, it was pretty fast all things considered, a lot of revenge killings when the person is captured as not so fast, unless they are worried about rescue.
Agreed!
Almost forgot, I remember watching this in the theater, no one got up to go to the bathroom or get snacks, captivated our attention, still does for me.
The english soldier turning around and trying to flee after seeing the giant wooden hammer kills me every day time! 😎
His groans of anguish sure sounded real!
Kills him every time too😁
YEEEEAH!
*sees hammer*
MUUUUM!
That reminds me of the movie the patriot near the end of the ambush revenge scene where Benjamin Martin and his two youngest sons rescue his oldest son, Benjamin Martin chases after a fleeing british soldier and kill him with the tomahawk.
Must run faster ya bastard !!!!!!
I can remember watching this movie on pay-per-view TV with my dad when it was new.
I was 13 at the time. It’s an unforgettable movie. Mel really knocked it out of the park with this one. He’s an incredible actor and director. My favorite part is the look on his face right before he hits the first soldier. Amazing stuff.
The zero hesitation cutting his throat always brings a smile to my face
I think there are many western nations (America and England included) that need to start playing these roles.
what would you do? I would do the same,if they murdered my love. I dont give a fck about the consequences.
@Deathstroke The Terminator The common people should be
I think he even used the Sheriff’s own knife too when he did it. Makes it even better.
I personally think that he should have tortured him and broke his legs and left him in a wheelchair and gave him a proper punishment
My history teacher showed our class this movie. Told us to keep it on the down-low. I was about 11 years old. I had to hold in my tears at certain scenes. This movie completely blew me away.
Great movie but not very historically accurate.
@sbcontt YT Agreed. Eleven year-olds shouldn't be shown this type of film.
@@prometheusrex1 Really, this film isn't for 11 year old students.
Fake history
@@daveystayn9284 it's real history. They based this movie on Mel gibsons great grand father. It's pretty amazing they actually had cameras back then to record all these historical moments in time.
This scene alone put “Braveheart” over the top into my top ten all time.
Revenge is a dish best served cold. Wallace, Gibson, served it as about as cold as it gets.
İ met with Braveheart in the year 1996, it was my first year in uni and my father placed me in a religious group s student acco. Which was ruled with absolute autocracy that represented English in the movie for me. For the next 3 years i watched Braveheart more than 27 times in cimema, didnt have no money so i saved it all for the movie. I cried every single time i watched it, to me still remains the greatest movie every made to this day. I remember every single line and scenery in the movie and live it every single day so for me this movie is immortal
Seeing this passionate post in 2024 and can’t help feeling how old it is already.
Scotland desperate to “fight the auld foe”, while welcoming more violent and much more organised oppression via a virile army of young men?
Young men who from aged about 7 yrs could strip down a weapon in the dark … after prayers of course?
Not looking good Scotland, the Braveheart days are long gone 😂
That was for you “StormFalcon61 😂
This movie remained in many people's heads for a long time, I remember forging a falchion from an old industrial saw mill, it a was a guy in a wheelchair who helped me make it, not joking
Since then HEMA and medieval combat remained forever a hobby of mine
The look in Gibson’s eyes right at the beginning of this clip, and you can see this leading up to it if I remember correctly, really sets the tone for who this character is about to become due to this choice.
He is not joyful to be delivering vengeance, and he doesn’t even look angry. He almost looks defeated, even though he’s only starting the war, because he knows as a Christian that retaliating in bloodshed is not ideal for his soul even if he feels forced to it, and he knows it won’t bring Marion back, and he probably doesn’t even think the soldier he’s about to kill is personally evil. And because he probably doesn’t expect to survive this very first fight.
Yeah. Still, I wonder what goes through his mind
Kudos to Mel for resurrecting the story of William Wallace after thousands of years and highlighting the brutality the Scots faced under British rule.
really wish there would be more movies with this thematic
@@okllo At least there is one and a very famous one at that. There is no movie about Owain Glyndwr, Prince of Wales. He led a 15 year long Welsh revolt against Henry IV and England. He was never killed or captured although his son died in battle and his wife and remaining children were taken hostage by the king and carted off into captivity. I wish the Welsh would get as much as if not more recognition for fighting against English oppression, than the Scots and Irish. Most Scots and Irish prefer to speak the language of their former oppressors, while Welsh is widely used in Wales and indeed there are people there who don't speak English or only speak it very poorly.
@@simonh6371 The Welsh are almost totally subsumed into English culture in a way the Scots and, especially, the Irish never were. The Scots have maintained all of their cultural institutions within the United Kingdom. Separate institutions like Scots Law, Judiciary, Scottish Education, Church, banking and finance. Scotland's retained far more of its identity. Can Wales say the same?
@@trebleking1641 Institutionally yes because they were annexed by England early on which is logical as they were the closest. But culturally definitely not. Welsh is used far more in Wales than Gaelic in Scotland or Ireland.
You guys are aware this is all bullshit and the reason the English occupied Scotland is cause for their entire history they've been raiding over our border. Same with the Irish. They weren't noble barbarians unjustly oppressed they were savages that brought their fate on themselves.
Also the idea of Scotland somehow being culturally separate is hilarious all the Scottish institutions and protocols were handed down from Westminster. The traditions of the clans died centuries ago, now they're just English with an accent.
Anyone who’s ever loved a woman... the voice inside says, You killed my wife, and now this is my fury.
@@supdudehowsitgoing nah he's just got a huge insecurity of never having a girlfriend
sirADRO- yes I agree with you
Hello, my name is William Wallace. You killed my wife, prepare to die.
I’m not killin another man over a women, my daughter perhaps...
@@tomsaywer9883 True. But what Wallace had was true love. He found a wife and took her as his own flesh and blood mate. Not some random ho whose been rawed by 30 other sweaty dudes.
The fact that He has nothing to say. It's brilliant.
The strongest message in the history of film making. I adore William Wallace and Mel Gibson.
I'll thank you both on my death bed.
:'D
@aileen wournos Whereas I agree with what you are saying this film has a HUGE amount of artistic license, lol.
And what would that message be?
. . .what message?
@@CooManTunes why? It’s Hollywood simplified nonsense aimed at lowest common denominator people who think this is somehow a true message. Fact is, the idea of “freedom” was utter nonsense given the feudal notion of society and the majority of people living in Scotland were peasants with very few rights at all. They were all fighting and killing each other and Edward I was not a particularly cruel or difficult king. That said, as drama it’s not bad.
Always liked how Wallace just casually grabs the magistrate -- after he kicks him off the platform -- and drags him to the stake.
This scene made lindybeige cry, he was heard screaming "this isn't fair, the british gentlemen weren't ready"
lol
After being so sad regarding his wife loss, this scene gives me hope and faith.
To lead his home to fight back and take back what is theirs.
I really love how background music exquisitely matches the scene...
Love how he still looks shocked when he puts the knife to his throat. Like he really still didn’t expect to die. Such great acting in a timeless movie. A work of art
Gibson, or whoever works for him as the casting director, will hire only the best actors for these scenes. This movie holds up as a classic, and put more millions in Gibson's pocket to boot!
One of the best scenes in movie history
When the guy calls for archers in the tower you know he's shitting a brick.
There's many layers to this act of revenge, it probably shows how he doesnt want to do it, but feels that he needs to, like its depressing that things got this bad in the first place
A great scene that reminds us that there are times when men must fight.
Warriors who fought, resisted and rebelled for their loved ones and dignity
Politicians across the world, especially in America.....take heed!
That is some acting absolutely brilliant
Watching this movie on the big screen was amazing. This part of the film took your breath away.
I always liked the old guy...what a bad ass!
Good old Lord Mormont
Did he play on "Troy" too?
@@detroitlionspistonstigersr6735 yess
Hell yeah. 1:28 is my favorite part. Always puts a smile on my face no matter what. My favorite character in the movie..
He was Renton's (Ewan Mcgregor) dad in Trainspotting I think.
I love watching the fear grow rapidly in the eyes of the man who killed Wallace's wife. So realistic.
I loved this movie as a kid in the 90s, after losing my own childhood sweetheart and wife this scene has a whole new feeling
Damn Right it does
The whole facial expression and posture, especially after he slit his throat... was colder than ice.
Like it was far from enough to do that. topnotch acting.
What a scene. No nonsense green screen etc
@You know this face the statement he made is saying that today’s films overuse it as opposed to filming on real locations. It’s ok, words are tough sometimes!
The way movies should be made..brave heart had many timeliness wardrobe locatiin inacuracys...but it stands as an example of perfect story telling well cast and cinematic achievment..lets go back to this methodology of the art.
I remember the first time I saw this scene. I was just wandering through the television channels one day and this scene came on in full view, and I was in absolute awe of what I saw. No remorse, no morality, no witty one liner. Just a straight up slash to the neck to the man who killed Wallace's wife, but the pain of her loss still remained.
2:35 when you have to protect your last villager to rebuild your empire in AOE ll
Hahahahaha
When your palisade cant halt the militia spam
Lol no joke 🤣
One of the best films ever made. I had such a vast range of emotions throughout the 3 hours of this brilliantly told story. Went back to the theater 6 more times before it went to VHS.
That's right....VHS. 📼
Betamax enter the chat 😂
Ur lucky to have seen it the theaters back when it was a treat to watch movies bcuz it was so rare - not saying I don't like internet hi lights , but it was special back then u would have imagine/ dream of the movies you saw
@@notoriousLSGshow 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Now that's funny!
@@notoriousLSGshow I'm definitely grateful. I saw it with an old friend and her mother, who's passed on since then. It's a nice memory, especially since it's sometimes difficult to think of nice memories from childhood.
I'm glad you didn't cut it short
One of my favorite scenes of all time in any movie. The anger he processed is the type of anger I would have knowing they killed ones wife. The brutality is right on.
If they made this film today they’d surely put a bunch of female Scottish villagers in there fighting and killing the English
@Space Monk lmaoo
@McFlickers unreal ridiculousness is fine in a "fiction" movie bcs its fun, but its not "fun" by putting black or woman in a scotish war lmaoo
@McFlickers historically inaccurate? You betcha. But it’s within the realm of possibility in terms of what was seen...beat a man, kill his wife. Death knows many doors fed boy
@McFlickers OP was saying they’d have forced inclusion. Kinda like a black Achilles...
I'm surprised this movie wasn't taken off Netflix for having too many whites in a European drama.
Just like sleepy Joe says: if ya don't watch this movie and like it, then you ain't white.
I love how he has the decency when ultra focused with revenge, to gently press his friend to assist his injured father, brilliant.
saw this film 26 years ago.............seen it atleat 1ooo times since,,,,because of this film i became obsessed with scotland,,,ended up living there many years, best years of my life...born in england, raised in wales reborn in scotland,,,thats why i call home GREAT BRITAIN
Braveheart may be historically completely inaccurate, but it is still a great film
This scene is one of the more historically accurate ones. Wallace did in fact lead an uprising against the English garrison at Lanark, and he did kill the High Sheriff William de Heselrig. However, since Marion Braidfute (only named Murron because the filmmakers thought audiences would be stupid enough to confuse her with Maid Marian from Robin Hood's legend) never existed and Wallace never had a wife, there are seemingly only two possible reasons as to why he attacked the garrison. One is that the English had confiscated his family's land, effectively making them outlaws, thus Wallace retaliated with nothing further to lose. The other is that it was an ally of his named Richard of Lundie who led the attack and Wallace was simply helping out.
Ultimately, I agree with what Cynical Reviews said about Braveheart the most. Whilst the drama, music and acting is great, it didn't need to sacrifice historical retelling as much as it did. I know that history-based dramas can never be historically accurate enough and have to leave some things out in order to deliver a good story to the audience, but Braveheart took it way too far. I honestly think the history itself would've been better than the typical Hollywood-esque action-adventure story the film is.
Not completely inaccurate. Lots of uncomfortable truths about those who dreamed to rule at that time
How is it completely inaccurate when William Wallace, Robert the Bruce & King Longshanks were actual ppl? The battles, weapons and clothing were also mostly accurate as well. So did they take some creative license with the overall story? Sure. But how could they not? It’s not like ppl were writing all this stuff down back then. Also, 100% accurate history, as fascinating as it is to some of us, would bore the hell out of the average movie goer.
"History is written by those who have hanged heroes."
Even my history teacher said, that Braveheart was accurate.
If they remade braveheart today William Wallace would be played by Idris Elba
It would be a damn shame.
Y'all want to be victims sooo bad.
@@TheLite0003 Naw we ya'll want people to be original ad come up with their own shit.
@@kirksmith347 "be original"?!?! Are you sure you want to have that conversation?!?! Boy bye...hahahahaaaha.
The sound of the thunder rumbling in the distance after the massacre is so haunting...hence the term" God wills it"
No cine scene never ever replace this ferocious scene. Cutting throat with no expression on his face. Mel , one of the Legend of Hollywood Cinema.
When the boys joined him that was perfection
I love how there's no threat, no "this is for my wife!", just, brutal, cold, justified revenge
The true prequel to Trainspotting.
LMAO WHAT
"They may take our lives......but they'll never take our GEAR!!!!"
@@The2984 lmaooooooooo
@@The2984 and bolts of lightning from my arse into the worst toilet in Scotland.
He got to her too late, and he knew that. He was driven by pure anger. So powerful.
This was my favorite movie of all time growing up in the 90s. 🤯 "Where are you goin?...I'm goin' to a pick a fight" ⚔
This is the scene that got me really into medieval battle/fight scenes it really holds
Up
Still.
1:30
Hamish: Tries to pull the arrow out and worsen the bleeding
Hamish's Dad: "YEH IDIOT BOI!"
The great irony is that Scotland's fighting men would go on to distinguish themselves in the British military. The strongest adversaries turned into the most reliable warriors.
This was my FAV scene in the film, when I first saw it I was grinning and shouting "JUSTICE!!!". This was justice for unjustified and evil acts and the injustice of criminal oppression. 'An eye for an eye', I loved the battle of Stirling, but this was my fav scene in the film, his wife's soul could rest easy after this. Mel Gibson played this role PERFECTLY.
Am I the only one wondering what happened to the dude who surrendered at 2:47 lol
My guess: They didn't bother dragging him down the hill.
พวกเขาปล่อยให้ทหารอังกฤษคนนั้นไปบอกข้อความให้พระราชาว่าชาวสก็อตไม่ยอมก้มหัวให้อังกฤษแล้ว.
Wallace is not a maniac killer, he's learnt the ways of war, so I'm guessing that after stripping the guy of his armor and weapon he told him to fuck off and that if he shows his ugly mug anywhere near the village again he's dead.
He became a lesbian
He was tried in absentia for having too pale a skin color in a European drama.
They need to inject diversity hires into the cast to make it 'modern'.
First time I watched this I don't think I've ever rooted for a protagonist to get his revenge more....literally was like get all them mf's....
Being a man born and raised in Ireland with a Scottish grandfather on my mother's side i can tell you movies like this really get the hairs on my neck standing up and my blood boiling I get a bit too into it 😂
This is my favorite movie.
Daaamn , to me the fact Mel Gibson/Brakeheart says nothing in this scene makes it even more powerful. I find it especially chilling when he calm pushes him again the pole and swiftly slices his throat. Mel Gibson did a great job with this.
Damn that old man is tough!
He got wounded in every battle
That could of been a lot worse for the English commander. Respect to Wallace for making it quick and not resorting to cruel or barbarian methods
Got to give that one English soldier credit. Stood his ground till the last second defending his lord
There's no other scene in Braveheart that is so tragic and satisfying at the same time as Wallace's wife's death followed by the revenge carried out against the perpetrator
My granny used to say when 'William Wallace came doon the road, then you've got fucking trouble'
I’ve legit watched this movie hundreds of times. Freeeeedoooooom
Braveheart is the antithesis to Zack Snyder and his armies of buff supermen - it's about everyone united in a common cause regardless of age, body type, or even levels of physical fitness.
The old man in this movie is pretty super though. He was hurt how many times and he kept going...? Amazing
0:04 The look on his face just showed how much he wanted them to feel how severely heartbroken he was
The look in the captains eyes when Wallace put a knife to his throat 😂 "Are you serious?!"
Probably wetting his pants too like a dog 🤣🤣🤣
My life was never the same after this movie.
It wasn't just Wallace getting revenge for his wife's murder. It was the entire village getting revenge.
1:28
AAAAAAAARGH!!!! ARRRRR YA BOY!!!!
best insult ever! Great Film!
“Idiot boy”
I've used this many times since i became a dad, great scene!
I think he says 'urry up boy!
@@danporter8415 Subtitles on both TV and DVD say “idiot boy”
@@jakemason100 Oh okay thanks dude I always heard it as urry up boy! I'm gonna watch it tonight so I'll have a 'oh yeah' moment when I get to this part lol
I agree with everything said already. *slightest* addition: he killed the Commander/Local Magistrate in the exact same spot that the Officer murdered his wife; his vengeance and avenging of her is as masterclass of filmmaking as the film itself
🙂
I loved this movie when I saw it. The script is perfect and the music fits well with the movie!
Dude: "what are you doing"
Wallace: "everyone needs a good shave"
The old man just standing there with an arrow in his chest, not giving two shits.
It's awesome. That will be the adrenaline pumping through his body but later on that night he was probably like "foooookin hell this hurts ya bastard" lol.
Every moment in this was awesome.
One favorite scene of mine that stuck with me was the antler jabbed into the dude's neck. Brutal. I've never looked at deer the same way again lmao
That part when Wallace lobbed Hamish that hammer was cool. It's the shorthand that you build. Hamish forgot about the stones when William was off fighting in The Crusades. But it all came back.
2:20 The Englishman falling on the spike. At first the spike was long and from his motion, he was gonna crash against THE SIDE of the spike and bend it. But then they showed he got pierced on his torso and the spike appeared to be short.
I know I noticed that too
This was the most memorable part of the movie BY FAR. Stirling and Falkirk were sideshows compared to this scene (from a cinematic perspective). The execution at the end was also pretty good.
Сильный момент, каждый раз сердце сжимаеться.
How to give someone the element of surprise. Scream as you run at them
Or don't bother to form up to attack in a group, just take them on one-by-one to make it easier for them. The English in real life were pretty sloppy and incompetent, but this took it to another level
All it takes is the will of a single Man and the will spreads like a wild fire
Yes a load of made up sht for a movie
@@daveystayn9284 The Scottish wars of independence actually happened and William Wallace was a real dude though 😂