Worthy of it's Oscar nomination? Absolutely!

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2017)

I scored this 8 out of 10 because IMDb for some reason haven't - as yet - introduced a .x system. In reality it's more like a 8.4 movie, or a 9 for it's genre. I'll need to give it time to breathe in my thoughts and mature in my mind before I upgrade the overall score to the dizzy heights of a 9.
Excellent acting, even from Vince Vaughn, who I was initially skeptical of playing a part in a movie such as this.
Point to note: Teresa Palmer is in this and she is hot. A completely different role to the one she played in 'Lights out' last year.
The plot is pretty much straight forward:
The beginning shows the dynamics of the featured family. An alcoholic father wrestling with depression and the effects upon which set the scene for the values his children live their life by.
The middle part of the movie is framed around the WW2 battle at Hacksaw Ridge. A tale of a man - a medic, who rescues over 70+ of his fellow soldiers from the clutches of the Japanese army. The turn around in how the leading character, played by Andrew Garfield is treat throughout the journey of the movie is touching and at a point very powerful - particularly in a scene with one of the people that is trying to rid the Army of him.
How one man can be judged so inaccurately based solely on his beliefs, taking a beating both physically and mentally to become a brother in arms and savior of many is touching.
The end of the movie then packs in a few different things - the video's of the real life hero's of this story being the highlight and the explanation of what it was like to fight this fight, to live this tale and to come out of it to see another day is nothing short of 1/ a miracle and 2/ very powerful.
If you haven't seen this movie, then do. It isn't Apocalypto - but it is a great movie from Mel Gibson.