Saving Private who ? Move over Spielberg, Gibson's back in town.

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2017)

I watched this movie last night & it simply blew me away from start to finish. I just couldn't take my eye's away from the screen as I laughed, & I cried.
Before I start this review, I have to mention that i am a bit of a movie freak, so I take my movies very seriously, so you can believe me when I say that this to me is simply the greatest war movie that I have ever seen, or should I say, greatest anti-war movie that I have ever seen, as yes this is an anti-war movie, but it is also the most violent & gory anti-war movie you'll ever see as the movies battle scenes make the one's in 'Saving Private Ryan', look like play-school.
It's also quite astonishing to think that this movie is also based on a true story about a man that was a conscientious objector so joined the U.S army hoping to become a medic so that he wouldn't have to kill anyone, as he refused even to touch a gun, for which he was ridiculed & beaten by his own unit, but against all odds he then went on to save the lives of 75 (yes 75), badly wounded Conrad's single-handedly by lowering them (one by one), down a sheer cliff face, with only the aid of a single rope, & all the time being sniped at by the enemy.
'Andrew Garfield' does a sterling job in the roll of 'Desmond Doss' , the soldier in question, & 'Vince Vaughn' also gives a great performance as the hard nosed drill instructor (simular to the drill instructor in 'Full Metal Jacket'), but I have to say (for me), the best acting honour has to go to 'Hugo Weaving' (better known for playing Agent Smith in 'The Matrix' movies), who gives a very moving (& maybe, Oscar winning performance), as Desmond's father.
I've already mentioned at the start of this review that I take my movies very seriously & that's perhaps why my favourite movie has remained the same since 1975's all-time classic 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', which was winner of no less then 5 Oscars, including best picture, but after having now seen this movie I have to question which is my favourite movie of the 2 as 'Hacksaw Ridge' is simply an astonishing achievement in film making.﻿