It has it all - a great film!!!

Rating: 9/10 (15 February 2017)

At the moment when I watched the very first second of the trailer, I knew I had to watch this film. First, it was directed by Mel Gibson which was a great sign that it would to be a hit(although I still don't understand his talking-to-beaver role :) Then, it was based on a true heroic story and it has a lot of action. Since Mel Gibson is a master of directing war and action scenes, the film had a big chance of becoming as successful as Braveheart. In my opinion, they're equally good. *SPOILERS* What I liked about the film is that you can really relate to all the Doss's feelings. Andrew Garfield did a great job of expressing his inner self. The audience can feel every slightest change in his tone of voice and every look. When he is in love, you feel his joy. When they beat him in the barrack, you feel his pain. And you fear for his life when he's under fire. What I also like is the sense of true brotherhood between soldiers depicted in the film. They were afraid when they saw a cart of corpses - their fellow American soldiers. They knew that they could be next in just a few minutes or hours. So, they paid them respect, they took off their helmets and they bowed. There is a thin line between life and death at the battlefield. The structure of the film is interesting. It starts with a playful and romantic Desmond who starts to feel a duty to protect his homeland. Along the way he meets his future wife. The beginning is idyllic and colourful. Then the film shifts to the military green. Desmond knew that he had once made a promise and that he had to keep it at all cost - He Will take no lives - not even in the battlefield. Desmond grew up at this point and took the responsibility of protecting his fellow soldiers. The third part is action, action, action! The grayish, burnt land, bullets everywhere, exploding mines and grenades and amid all this craziness there is a man without a gun helping others and saving lives. It is hard to believe that this kind of a brave man ever existed. A true hero!