Hacksaw Ridge Film Review

Finished watching Hacksaw Ridge, directed by Mel Gibson and staring Andrew Garfield, Nathaniel Buzolic, Rachel Griffiths, Hugo Weaving and Teresa Palmer. The film opens up in the mists of battle of Okinawa in Japan as army medic Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) is being carried of on a stretcher as he fall unconscious, as the film transitions to several years in the past as Desmond and his brother Hal (Nathaniel Buzolic) after exploring the forest near their home get into a fight that ends with Desmond hitting Hal around the head with a brick, which causes him to freeze up and as his parents (Rachel Griffiths and Hugo Weaving) try to help Hal, Desmond is drawn to the commandment of not killing on a wall display of the commandments in the bible. Years later Desmond is helping a man who has been crushed by a car in taking the man to the hospital where his future wife in the form of nurse Dorothy Schutte (Teresa Palmer). As the Second World War continues to rage on overseas and his urge to help people and wanting to get into the filed of medicine Desmond enlist into the army in hope to become a medic, which cause one problem, he won't use any weapons which goes against his superiors' rules and believes. Overall this was an amazing film as it dives in to the time period of the World War Two in a visually stunning and brilliantly acted film. The action is breathtaking as the cinematography from the camera work to the editing makes the battles feel seamless and allows of the film to focus on how brutal the Second World War was. There are some great character moments and interactions throughout the film from Desmond's back story that has a lot of intriguing and emotionally driven scenes. Additionally there are some amazing character moments in between the battles in Okinawa helps to flesh out the secondary characters within the film extremely well and makes the whole cast involved immensely more reliable while allowed for some emotionally shocks. 9/10.