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In the 13th Century England, after several years of political unrest in Scotland, the land is open to an invasion from the south. King Edward I of England (Patrick McGoohan) decided to conquer Scotland. After invading Scotland and winning the war by 1280 A.D., Edward (known as 'Longshanks') granted areas of land in Scotland to his nobility which they were to rule, along with the traditional privileges. One of these privileges was Primae Noctis, the right for the lord to take a newly married Scottish woman into his bed and spend the wedding night with the bride.
William Wallace (Mel Gibson) grows up in this atmosphere of repression and fear and survives the death of his father and brother. Wallace is taken abroad by his uncle (Brian Cox). They travel to Europe and Wallace learns to read, write and speak Latin and French. When he returns home, he falls in love with his childhood sweetheart Murron MacClannough (Catherine McCormack), and they marry in secret so that she does not have to spend a night in the bed of the English lord.
威廉•華萊士童年時，其父、蘇格蘭民族英雄馬索•華萊士在與英軍的斗爭中犧牲，他開始接受父親好友的指導，學習蘇格蘭文化和武術。青年華萊士（梅爾•吉布森）學成回到故鄉，向美麗的少女梅倫求婚，不想梅倫被英軍搶去且遭殺害。在廣大村民“英雄之后”的呼聲中，華萊士率眾揭竿起義，并與蘇格蘭貴族羅伯結成聯盟，但不久他發現，蘇格蘭貴族考慮的只是自身的利益。
英王為緩和局勢，派伊莎貝拉（蘇菲•瑪索）前去和華萊士談判，由于英王只想收買華萊士，根本不顧蘇格蘭人民的自由和平等，談判失敗，但這一切并不為伊莎貝拉所知。伊莎貝拉歸國后發現事情真相，且知曉英王正策劃陰招，忙送信給華萊士，而兩人的愛情，也在戰爭與陰謀中悄然滋生。
推薦理由：在綿延不絕的蒼穹之下，感受愛情與自由的可貴。走在壯闊的蘇格蘭高地上，可以感受一種荒涼與凄美，風笛聲也許就是該在這樣的景色中才能孕育出來。
