If you like your Hollywood to be as big, stirring and spectacular as possible, then there's no denying that Braveheart was one of the highpoints of '90s cinema. In adapting the relatively little-known tale of William Wallace's 13th-century rebellion, star/director Mel Gibson and writer Randall Wallace weren't afraid to play fast and loose with historical fact to produce a head-throbbing brew of tragic romance, smart character interplay, snarling villainy (Patrick McGoohan's fearsome Longshanks would have made even the Sheriff Of Nottingham wet his tights) and - most important of all some of the most thrilling battle scenes you'll ever see committed to film.

DVD Extras:

Mel Gibson audio commentary, A Film-maker's Passion Making-Of featurette, two trailers. Double disc set, eh? Twenty-three quid, eh? Hmm... Disc one's fair enough. You get yer film in full widescreen, surroundsound glory, two trailers (take 'em or leave 'em) and an audio commentary from McGibson which makes up for its long silences with some detailed behind-the-scenes info and a few smirk-worthy wisecracks ("Whoah! Shish kebab!" Mel cries as a Sassenach is impaled on a spike). But disc two? Packed with bonus material? Nope, nothing but a 27-minute long featurette. Okay, so it's a very good featurette - witness Gibson scratching his head while reading a dog-eared copy of The Beginners Guide To Making An Epic but is it worthy of an entire second disc? Schertainly not.