Hacksaw Ridge (2016) An original true story that inspires human life

Rating: 10/10 (9 November 2016)

Hacksaw Ridge begins as two young brothers are roughing each other up, fighting with each other with their father sitting on the front porch watching boys be boys. Next thing the viewer sees is the younger brother grabbing a brick and hitting his brother on the head. The mother and father quickly pick up their eldest of two sons, hoping their other son did not kill him, as he passes out. Nevertheless, the younger brother, whom is Desmond looks at the crucifix on the wall probably thinking he is going straight to hell if his brother dies. Flash forward a couple of years later. By now, you know the father beats up the mother, and possibly both his children because he is a drunk that was in WW I and cannot live with the atrocities of war and losing his friends in the military. In the meantime, Desmond takes an injured person to the hospital and meets his future wife who is a nurse with beautiful red hair with blue eyes. Desmond is quite mesmerized with her so much so that he must donate blood, a task that she has been assigned to that particular day. While there, he decides he wants to be a medic in the army. Desmond's brother enlists as well as all the rest of the boys in their town. Desmond feels it is his duty. Flashforward to basic training with Vince Vaughn as his sergeant and his fellow officers. They are all friends and getting along until Desmond will not bear arms. However, he is an Adventist and will not bear arms to kill a soul. He feels he can fulfill his duty as a medic. Then, the top officials in the ARMY find out his dilemma. They court marshall him. I won't spoil this part for you. Then, he goes overseas to Japan. While over there, the soldiers are made to learn everybody is different in a life changing way and not everybody is what they seem. The viewer definitely sees the ugliness of a war and the pure hell of death, but with this film's fabulous way of inspiring a man, it is most definitely worth seeing. A very original film and the best one I have seen in a very long time. Kudos to Mel Gibson.