A Story that needed to be told!

Rating: 8/10 (1 August 2017)

Hacksaw Ridge brings the Pacific Theatre of war to your movie screens. Honestly, it's an unbelievably breathtaking film, the heroics of WWII Army Medic Desmond Doss is a story worth telling and retelling again. Andrew Garfield takes the lead and is rightly nominated for his efforts, the mere body transformation and weight loss to take on the role are not to be overlooked - putting his health on the line.
The scenes of combat truly bring the horrors of war and that of Hacksaw Ridge to a shocking reality to viewers, in many ways disturbingly so. The power of the human spirit and the moral lessons one can learn from the story can make even Mr Hyde an empathetic man. The only criticism I can give this movie is the acting of Vince Vaughn, sure he's a great actor but the man has imprinted himself in the comedy genre and for that, the connotations of his character will forever be taken far from seriously. Its as if Daniel Radcliffe was cast in Garfield's place - wouldn't be the same, would it?
In conclusion, there is no amount of films, money or praise to do films such as this justice. The sacrifice these men (or should I say boys) gave up to service their country and fight a war in foreign lands is never forgotten.
"Never in the history of mankind has so much been owed by so many to so few"