Great War Drama!

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2017)

Andrew Garfield, Hugo Weaving, Teresa Palmer, Sam Worthington and Vince Vaughn star in Mel Gibson's 2016 war drama based on a true story. Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man) plays young man, Desmond Doss who wants to be a medic. We learn of his rough childhood in Virginia before he enlists in the U.S. Army 15 years later during World War II. He not only becomes the first soldier refusing to bear arms, but a war hero saving 75 wounded soldiers. Weaving (The Matrix) plays his father, Tom, Palmer plays Dorothy, a nurse who becomes Desmond's wife, Worthington (Avatar) plays Capt. Gordon, Vaughn (Wedding Crashers) plays Sgt. Howell and Gibson's son, Milo also appears. This is a great film and Garfield gives a terrific performance. I recommend this, but caution of graphic violence.