Hugo Weaving delivered by far the best acting performance

Rating: 5/10 (27 May 2017)

Hugo Weaving delivered by far the best acting performance.
Well. Again there is quite a difference between the true bravery of a Desmond Doss and how it is put in scene without much realism in another heroizing movie. A pity. A bit schmalzy in the start maybe but decent overall, the movie loses much in the portrayal of the battle scenes on Okinawa. Many of them are almost ridiculous, even being no expert in the matter I'm pretty sure every military practitioner will confirm this has not much in common with real military attack practices, behaviour etc.. Soldiers running around suicidal upright in barrage gunfire etc., common ...
A somewhat poor tribute to the true facts behind, how this movie is set up in a less than credible, overheroized action-like manner. I bet Doss wouldn't have signed for the script with all these woven in adventurous tales. I found the best portrayal and acting performance was delivered by Hugo Weaving as Desmonds tormented father in that minor role. A good portion of the real story was wasted in the other parts of the movie.