Never boring, though kind of a mixed bag in the end

Rating: Null/10 (25 March 2017)

Mel Gibson's "Hacksaw Ridge" in many ways has a strong echo of the 1941 Gary Cooper movie "Sergeant York", though both movies were based on actual events (yet in different wars). It has a lot of touches (particularly in the first half) that many present day viewers will consider to be old-fashioned, from the plot turns to the dialogue. While you could probably get away with these creaky touches decades ago, today most viewers will probably find them hokey.
To be fair to Gibson, as clichéd as the movie may get at times, it never gets to be dull despite a running time of about 140 minutes; Gibson moves from scene to scene at a fairly fast pace. And when the movie does get to the battlefront, Gibson does show that warfare is serious stuff and not fun at all. The fighting is bloody and ruthless, yet at the same time you can't look away. (Though the use of very unconvincing CGI blood when people get shot does lessen the impact.)
So in the end, the movie as a whole generates mixed results. I can understand why some people would like the movie, but I can also see why some people would dislike it. Since I don't know what your movie tastes are like, I cannot say what you'll probably think of it. Judge for yourself.