A powerful war movie

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2018)

Hacksaw Ridge is the best war movie since American Sniper and one of the greatest war movies I've ever seen! Probably the best I've seen this year. A true definition of greatness with strong style (the war footage) and involving story. This is of course the most recent of my favorite action movies. Also directed by Mel Gibson, but not featuring him, Hacksaw Ridge is as brutal and powerful in WWII as Braveheart was in it's depicting of Scotland being a country of it's own. With many powerful death scenes and attention to detail in it's recreation of the 40's as well as various makeups and stunt coordination through it's many battle scenes, Hacksaw Ridge is a powerful, haunting war movie that shows the tragedy and danger of war, but also hope in an unlikely hero who is a medic on the battlefield and also savior without firing a single shot!