Hacksaw Ridge
Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) leads this World War II true story about Desmond Doss - a conscientious objector who went to war but refused to fire a bullet, choosing to enter the battlefield without a weapon. Directed by Mel Gibson.
In Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, Desmond Doss (Garfield) saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He believed the war was just, but killing was nevertheless wrong; he was the only American soldier in WWII to traverse the front lines without a weapon. As an army medic, Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. He was the first conscientious objector to ever earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.
- Director:
- Mel Gibson ('Apocalypto', 'The Passion of the Christ', 'Braveheart')
- Writer:
- Andrew KnightRobert SchenkkanRandall Wallace
- Cast:
- Andrew GarfieldSam WorthingtonLuke BraceyTeresa PalmerHugo WeavingRachel GriffithsVince VaughnMatthew Nable
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksThe movie is extremely violent and highlights the horrors of war but the movie in general has a lot of heart.
Hacksaw Ridge is directed by Mel Gibson and it stars Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer and Hugo Weaving. Hacksaw Ridge tells the true story of a World War II Medic Desmond Doss who refused to use a firearm during the Battle of Okinawa. Mel Gibson is back with another war epic and glad to say, for a ten year hiatus from...
Good or Bad, Hard to Say
Most of the movie plays out as you would expect of a war movie - shocking, brutal and graphic portrayals of the horrors of war delivered at break-neck speed. This is no easy feat and deserves attention. The anti-war, conscientious objector side of the movie is very strong at the beginning but it feels like the message gets diluted a little towards the final...
Variety
pressIt immerses you in the violent madness of war - and, at the same time, it roots its drama in the impeccable valour of a man who, by his own grace, refuses to have anything to do with war.
USA Today
pressAs he did so well in Braveheart, Gibson explores the reasons men fight for their country rather than just reveling in blood and gore.
Time Out
pressThere aren't many shades of grey in 'Hacksaw Ridge', but it follows through its purpose with vigour, confidence and swagger.
The New York Times
pressA bluntly effective faith-and-flag war drama, the true story of a remarkable hero with a knot of moral tension at its center.
The Guardian
pressAs repellent a figure as many may still find Gibson, I have to report he's absolutely hit Hacksaw Ridge out of the park.
Stuff
pressFor all that less-than-subtle cinematic magpieing, Hacksaw Ridge is a deeply gripping and engrossing film made with passion, if perhaps a little too much bombast.
Newshub
pressThis film is not for the faint-of-heart and nor should it be. Go armed with the knowledge that war is hell and Gibson doesn't want us to forget that.
Hollywood Reporter
pressGibson's forceful comeback is a violent drama about pacifism that succeeds in combining horror with grace.
FilmInk
press...undeniably moving...a well-crafted tale of the valour of man in truly harrowing circumstances...
Flicks, Daniel Rutledge
flicksVariety
pressIt immerses you in the violent madness of war - and, at the same time, it roots its drama in the impeccable valour of a man who, by his own grace, refuses to have anything to do with war.
USA Today
pressAs he did so well in Braveheart, Gibson explores the reasons men fight for their country rather than just reveling in blood and gore.
Time Out
pressThere aren't many shades of grey in 'Hacksaw Ridge', but it follows through its purpose with vigour, confidence and swagger.
The New York Times
pressA bluntly effective faith-and-flag war drama, the true story of a remarkable hero with a knot of moral tension at its center.
The Guardian
pressAs repellent a figure as many may still find Gibson, I have to report he's absolutely hit Hacksaw Ridge out of the park.
Stuff
pressFor all that less-than-subtle cinematic magpieing, Hacksaw Ridge is a deeply gripping and engrossing film made with passion, if perhaps a little too much bombast.
Newshub
pressThis film is not for the faint-of-heart and nor should it be. Go armed with the knowledge that war is hell and Gibson doesn't want us to forget that.
Hollywood Reporter
pressGibson's forceful comeback is a violent drama about pacifism that succeeds in combining horror with grace.
FilmInk
press...undeniably moving...a well-crafted tale of the valour of man in truly harrowing circumstances...
The movie is extremely violent and highlights the horrors of war but the movie in general has a lot of heart.
Hacksaw Ridge is directed by Mel Gibson and it stars Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Sam Worthington, Teresa Palmer and Hugo Weaving. Hacksaw Ridge tells the true story of a World War II Medic Desmond Doss who refused to use a firearm during the Battle of Okinawa. Mel Gibson is back with another war epic and glad to say, for a ten year hiatus from...
Good or Bad, Hard to Say
Most of the movie plays out as you would expect of a war movie - shocking, brutal and graphic portrayals of the horrors of war delivered at break-neck speed. This is no easy feat and deserves attention. The anti-war, conscientious objector side of the movie is very strong at the beginning but it feels like the message gets diluted a little towards the...
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