Question: Why did they decapitate Wallace after he said "freedom"? I thought they implied that if he said "mercy", they'd give him a quick death, but if not, they'd continue to torture him. So what would they have done if he said "mercy"?
MikeH
4th Oct 2018
Braveheart (1995)
28th Dec 2016
Braveheart (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Mel Gibson is disembowelled, in one shot there's no blood on his neck, but in the very next shot there is.
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Suggested correction: Could that be because in the first scene his shirt is torn open, and they haven't started the disembowelment. Then they start the process and blood spurts up across his chest and neck?
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Answer: In the end, they just gave up. They realised he was not going to say it before dying anyway, so they ended it. If he would have said "mercy" they would have done the same thing, but it didn't matter anymore. They couldn't break him.
lionhead