One of the best war movies I've seen, with a great message.

Rating: 8/10 (25 February 2017)

It's been a while since I've seen saving private Ryan, the movie I could not help but to compare this movie too, but the Spielberg movie is said to have some of the most realistic war scenes put on camera, and I must say Hacksaw Ridge is a huge rival to that.
Some of the action in this movie is very over dramatic making it hard to believe that that happen but knowing how crazy war is I'm sure a lot of it did.
Especially keeping with the story arch about a man who said I cannot kill another man or hold a gun in combat but had the courage to go to war and be a hero hands down.
Andrew Garfield was good in the movie, but Vince Vaughn was a little iffy for me. Not that he was not good but he was not that convincing of a drill Sargent, but he was humorous, and it's a humor that really adds to the story. Hugo waving was just OK too.
But man was this a great war epic. Top notch right there in the battle. One thing Mel Gibson knows how to do is direct a good war scene and he does that to perfection.
I think this war epic can be put up there with the best.
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