Although it can be easily seen as a hyper-masculine, action, slash-n-bash movie, it contains much more than that. In the movie William Wallace leads a Scottish revolt against England, who have taken advantage and treated the Scottish unfairly in pretense of the events of the movie. Wallace rallies the Scottish together and stages a revolt against the English to obtain Scotland's independence and freedom.
It is important to understand why Wallace takes such drastic action. His wife was murdered by English noblemen who ruled over his lands. He become proactive and took charge of the situation. Throughout the rest of the movie he works to inspire others and help them understand the importance of freedom, which is something that is easily taken for granted in the free world. Even after being betrayed, Wallace stays strong to his goal, and finds a new method of fighting the English (although, his method is a little unruly, as he kills all the people who betrayed him, as a strategy of eliminating English ties with Scotlands 'nobels'). By the end of the movie he sacrafices himself at the chance of peace, and through out execution stays true to his values.
Wallace displays strengths of perseverance, loyalty, leadership, and sacrifice throughout the movie, traits which most people can find very admirable. I really admire the strengths of leadership and perseverance because I think they can teach you a lot about life, and allow you to teach others a lot about life as well.
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