An average movie

It is not uncommon that, within a rather short-time periode, the studios would release two similar movies (see last year 'The Legend of Hercules' and 'Hercules'). Back in 1995, Mel Gibson had a massive critical and box-office success with 'Braveheart' but, a couple of months before, Liam Neeson already showed up in his own periode epic about a real-life Scottish hero. Eventually, even though this flick managed to get some decent reviews (For example, Roger Ebert really loved it), it always remained overshadowed by Gibson's classic. First of all, I had to admit that I never been a fan of 'Braveheart', I think it is an entertaining epic but not much more than that but I still think it was more impressive than this flick. I mean, don't get me wrong, it is also a rather well made flick but even though Rob Roy, the character, was pretty bad-ass thanks to an always dependable Liam Neeson, he never came near William Wallace in terms of sheer awesomness. Eventually, the only thing that really left a big impression was Tim Roth who was definitely one of the most interesting actors back in those days and the actor was just terrific portaying a great villain here. To conclue, all in all, I thought it was a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10