Hacksaw Ridge

Directed by Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge is as inspirational as Braveheart and the best war movie since Saving Private Ryan. The film immerses you into the extraordinary life of Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield], a Virginian Seventh-Day Adventist who decides to enlist in the Army and sail to Okinawa, where he saved 75 wounded men at the bloodiest epicenter of war without carrying a weapon to protect himself from the fierce Japanese Army. Desmond's conviction to practice acts of love will make any person grow attached to him. The first part of the story takes place in Desmond's hometown, where he falls in love with Dorothy [Teresa Palmer], the woman he has to come home for at his return from Okinawa during World War 2. When he departs from home and arrives at the Army's training camp, where he sufferes maltreatment by his peer soldiers for refusing to bear a weapon. Desmond was even close to facing Court-Martial for not taking orders from his superiors, but in the middle of the case, his father interferes and brings a letter …show more content…
He produced a movie that reflected his spirituality and lead to a sequence of inspirational scenes. At the end of the movie you can see that nothing else was more cherished than the word of God brought by Desmond. What really makes this movie so good is that Desmond Doss was considered a conscientious objector, however, he seemed to be the kindest men in the world for doing what he did not have to. At his Court-Martial Desmond’s words were,”when the world is so set on tearing itself apart, it doesn’t seem such a bad thing to me to want to put a little bit of it back together.” The movie will make anyone reflect on the power that having a determination and conviction like Desmond's can bring changes in the lives of thousands of people. It is absolutely worth it to watch this movie that will make you ponder about acts of love, which can have big positive impacts on people's