Review – Hacksaw Ridge

Mel Gibson serves up an epic version of a story that actually deserves telling. Army Medic Desmond Doss won the Medal of Honor for his service in the Battle of Okinawa, during which he saved 75 men who were too wounded to retreat from an enemy attack. The first half of the movie was a typical Hollywood mix of semi-accurate history and personal sentiment about Doss’s struggles to make it through basic training without violating his religious beliefs that prohibited him from touching weapons. But once the battle commences, the story improves considerably. Mildly amusing