Serving and fighting for what is right

Rating: 8/10 (6 November 2016)

Andrew Garfield plays Desmond doss who is a seventh day Adventist which basically a way of saying he is a pacifist who refuses to use a weapon in war despite his willingness to serve his country. Desmond figures the best way to serve his country is to be a medic after meeting his love interest Dorothy and says something very touching that world seems so determined to tear itself apart with violence that feels that he wants to put part of it back together. Another saying that I feel was rather touching, was when Desmond mentioned while others would be taking lives, he would be saving it. Other aspects that his character deals with is how his beliefs differ from those of his fellow comrades and superiors who think it is foolish of him to want to serve in the military without using a weapon to defend himself despite his bravery, the backstory of Desmond father who served in the First World War war seeing the horrors of violence which turned him into a drunk and why Desmond refused to use a gun. I will say that I found this picture to be one of Mel Gibson finest works and hope he continues to impress.