Braveheart/Man On Fire/The Thomas Crown Affair (DVD, 2006, 3-Disc Set, Box Set)

This box set features an historical action adventure, a modern day action thriller and a remake of a classic 1968 thriller.\n'Braveheart' (1995) is set in 14th century Scotland, where the English nobles are staking their claim for lands and the Scottish throne. When William Wallace is left an orphan by the brutality of the English, he vows to make Scotland strong again. Wallace grows up into a paradox of a man - on the one hand very well educated, on the other a ruthless killer and barbarian. As an adult he succeeds in uniting the Scottish clans to fight the English oppressors, and is only undone by betrayal and greed. Mel Gibson directs this multi-Oscar winning epic, and also stars as folk hero Wallace.\n'Man on Fire' (2004) is a Tony Scott-directed action thriller starring Denzel Washington as John Creasy, a jaded former CIA agent hired by a wealthy Mexican family to act as bodyguard to their ten-year-old daughter Lupita (Dakota Fanning). Initially reluctant to take on such a lowly.