Good movie, but don't watch if you're sensitive to gore.

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2017)

The movie overall is pretty good. The plot moves at a reasonable rate and the movie never feels like it's slowing down for any unreasonable reason. The movie gives a good explanation of his motives and you really understand why the guy was a pacifist and how difficult it was being in his shoes. The movie seems really historically accurate; there aren't too many "Hollywood" moments, where the hero gets saved at the minute, excluding the moment at the courthouse where he's getting court-marshaled. About half-way through the movie, the violence really starts to kick up a notch. The first scene in "Japan" you see a bunch of bloody dead bodies as they are brought past the soldiers. From then on, there is astonishingly disturbing and accurate war violence. Men are blown to pieces, people are shown disemboweled and with bullet holes through their bodies and without legs or with muscle showing. Trust me, this review does not do justice how gory this movie is. I implore you, once again, if you are even remotely put off by gore to avoid this movie, as it is unremitting past the one hour mark. If you can make it past the extreme gore, however, the movie is really good, well worth your time. The storytelling is excellent and the dialogue is very accurate. Overall, really good movie, solid 8.5/10.