Friday, November 21, 2008

Rob Roy (1995)



To be honest, I only caught the end of this movie once on TV, so I have almost no idea what it was actually about. All I know is that this swordfight (arranged by respected fencing choreographer William Hobbs) between Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth) and Rob Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) was awesome!

For most of the duel, Cunningham toys with MacGregor, Cunningham's finesse with the smallsword seemingly too much for MacGregor, who wields a heavier and clumsier claymore. This mismatch makes the ending all the more shocking!