Bravery By Mr. Gibson

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2017)

A movie which was destined to fail and not succeed with audiences did all but that. Mel Gibson does an excellent job leading this production team to a carefully finished and detailed film.
This movie deserves the rating it owns on IMDb for it delivers a touching yet intense plot. Private Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield) and his legacy of refusing to own a weapon in battle is an amazing story-line to build a movie upon. The flashbacks to his troubled and violent past filled with berserk behavior which lead to his close relationship with God, were an excellent addition to understanding the intricate life of Doss. Garfields performance overshadowed everyone else's in this movie by providing a complicated character facing an even more complicated and outlandish consequence for refusing to touch a weapon.
Doss's relationship with his wife (Teresa Palmer)and others is the main negative aspect of this film. His cliché early relationships with other soldiers can be overlooked by the development of the relationships later on when rescuing those who persecuted him.
The emotional slow motion shooting and gory effects comparable to that of Saving Provate Ryan's D-Day opening sequence, allow for the audience to truly take heart to all that the soldiers went through. Overall the movie has a glorious plot and excellent performances and amazing action sequences that tug at the heart strings. Excellent work Mr. Gibson.