On the expansive silver screen, the film had reached its final moment, as well as the ultimate climax. With the crowd jeering, William Wallace was bound to a wooden frame and transported out from the city gates, where ordinary spectators hurled various objects at him. Nevertheless, Wallace did not show the slightest sign of weakness; he tightly shut his mouth and retained a resolute expression on his face.
This journey seemed both impossibly long and incredibly brief. The camera alternated between the Lord of Scotland, Bruce, Princess Isabelle, Wallace's two hidden companions among the crowd, and the dying King Edward Longshanks, before finally refocusing on William Wallace, who was now on the execution platform.
"Aren't you going to say something?" the executioner, clad in red, asked as he pulled back the cloth on the table, revealing the sinister torture instruments, "Speak. The subjects of His Majesty the King implore you to show mercy."
