Product Review

Braveheart (BD)

Braveheart, Mel Gibson's richly detailed, Academy Award-winning saga of fierce combat, tender love and the will to risk it all for freedom, is now a digitally remastered, two-disc Special Collector's Edition DVD bur sting with dynamic new special features. In an emotionally charged perf ormance, Gibson is William Wallace, a bold Scotsman who uses the steel o f his sword and the fire of his inte llect to rally his countrymen to li beration from the English occupation of Scotland. Winner of five Oscars -- Best Picture of 1995 , Best Director (Gibson), Best Cinematography, Best Makeup and Best Sound Effects Editing -- "Braveheart" is "the most sumptuous and involving historical epic since 'Lawrence of Arabia'" (R od Lurie, Los Angeles Magazine).