More dross than Doss

Rating: 3/10 (23 April 2017)

Mel Gibson, you must be one zealous, stuck up git to ruin a film like this. Despite an amazing true story and momentous historical context providing a perfect foundation for a great film, Mel Gibson screws it up by turning it into folksy, formulaic, religion-soaked dross. Gibson's incessantly preachy tone, predictable clichés, and almost complete neglect of the greater historical and strategic context of the setting spoiled it all. Beats me how this film won any awards at all.