Overview
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
The movie is as good as the hype – this was an amazing story of courage and duty. I was also blown away but Mel Gibson’s ability to direct a movie – I thought he did a fantastic job.
I often have a hard time watching the “based on a true story” movies because the whole time I am watching them I am wondering how much of it is actually true. From my limited reading of other people’s research the guts of the story are true. In fact, his last scene in the war was even more fantastic than what was portrayed in the film (apparently Gibson thought that audiences wouldn’t buy it). I also found it very interesting that he was in fact pro-war but anti-gun but that’s a conversation for another place.
Finally, this was a fantastic film to see in 4k.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Hacksaw Ridge
Movie title: Hacksaw Ridge
Movie description: WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Date published: 2019-01-05
Director(s): Mel Gibson
Actor(s): Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, Ryan Corr, Richard Roxburgh, Luke Pegler, Firass Dirani, Goran D. Kleut, Nathaniel Buzolic, Ori Pfeffer, Matthew Nable, Jacob Warner, Richard Pyros, Ben Mingay, Harry Greenwood, Damien Thomlinson, Robert Morgan, Milo Gibson, John Batziolas, John Cannon, Mikael Koski, Charles Jacobs, Ben O'Toole, James Lugton, Tim McGarry, Tyler Coppin, Dennis Kreusler, Nico Cortez, Helmut Bakaitis, Bill Young, Benedict Hardie, Philip Quast, James Mackay, Sam Parsonson, Sean Lynch, Hayden Geens, Tim Potter, Santo Tripodi, Laurence Brewer, Nobuaki Shimamoto, Hiroshi Kasuga, Yuki Nagashima, Taki Abe, Taka Uematsu, Yoji Tatsuta, Milan Pulvermacher, Thomas Unger
Genre: Drama, History, War
My Review
The movie is as good as the hype – this was an amazing story of courage and duty. I was also blown away but Mel Gibson’s ability to direct a movie – I thought he did a fantastic job.
I often have a hard time watching the “based on a true story” movies because the whole time I am watching them I am wondering how much of it is actually true. From my limited reading of other people’s research the guts of the story are true. In fact, his last scene in the war was even more fantastic than what was portrayed in the film (apparently Gibson thought that audiences wouldn’t buy it). I also found it very interesting that he was in fact pro-war but anti-gun but that’s a conversation for another place.
Finally, this was a fantastic film to see in 4k.
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My Review - 9/10
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