A typical over-rated Hollywood

Rating: 6/10 (4 March 2017)

For someone that watched every WWII movie out there and have read an arsenal of books on the subject, I find Hacksaw Ridge to be just another typical over-rated Hollywood, drawn in special effects and poorly written epic music. Although inspired by real facts - being the main reason I struggled to watch it to the end - the film literally begs for mercy to the point it becomes irritatingly pathetic for a "heroes journey". With a ranking of 8.2 on IMDb, watching Hacksaw Ridge feels like an over- priced bag of potatoes chips compared with masterpieces like Letters from Iwo Jima, Empire of the Sun, The Pacific series, etc. or any WWII German production for that matter. I give this movie a merciful 6 our of 10.