Great True Storytelling - Mel Gibson Does It Again

Rating: 9/10 (29 January 2017)

Hacksaw Ridge is the true story, told the Mel Gibson way, of Desmond Doss. He is the soldier who won a Medal of Honor in WWI and never touched a single weapon. Without giving too much of this story away, I'll just say his story was masterfully told in this superb movie.
Finally, there is a movie which deserves Oscar attention. Andrew Garfield is wonderful in this movie. Gibson does an outstanding job directing and the final product does the story so much justice. Hacksaw Ridge ranks with the best war movies such as Saving Private Ryan and Platoon.
The first half tells the story about how he came to the decision not to ever hold a weapon and his conviction to his commitment even though ridiculed, and the second half tells the story of his heroics at war without a weapon, when everyone else has one.
I highly recommend the film. If you can take the violence of war movies, this great story will not disappoint. Everyone nominated for this film deserves the recognition.