Mel Gibson brings a powerful true story of World War II heroism to the screen with 'Hacksaw Ridge'. Mel Gibson Addresses Rumors About A It is truly an amazing story, and a pretty timely one as the U.S. Venice Film Festival 2. Hacksaw Ridge, review – Heroic tale of violence and faith will revive Mel Gibson's career. Mel Gibson’s career seemed on the skids, since his arrest for drink- driving, his divorce and the accusations of anti- Semitism, not to mention the flop in which he starred as a depressed alcoholic, The Beaver of 2. He has not directed since Apocalypto of 2. Hacksaw Ridge, at Venice out of competition, will change all that. It’s like a combination of Saving Private Ryan and the film that Angelina Jolie wanted Unbroken to be but was not. It is at once an inspirational faith film and viscerally violent, just like Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. And it is a true story. Desmond Doss, a medic at the Battle of Okinawa in 1. Medal of Honour for saving the lives of dozens of men, under heavy fire, ultimately being severely injured himself. Doss, a Seventh Day Adventist who placed himself in the hands of God, was also a conscientious objector and refused to touch a weapon — one of only three COs ever to have received this highest medal for bravery. Gibson opens the story with a vision of hell, the horrifically violent battle from which Doss himself ends up being evacuated: flames, explosions, severed body parts, screams. All the combat scenes in this film are shockingly intense, concentrated, unrelenting, bloody and kinetic, as wave after wave of Japanese soldiers come on, in banzai charges, seeking death (perhaps 7. Americans). Then we turn back 1. Doss’s childhood in rural Virginia, with a father traumatised by the First World War. As a young man (from now on played stunningly well by lanky but tough Andrew Garfield), he saves a road accident victim with a tourniquet, simultaneously becoming inspired to study medicine and meeting his wife to be, a nurse (Theresa Palmer). We follow him fairly straightforwardly through training, being bullied by brutal officers (Vince Vaughn) and fellow recruits, facing a court martial — and then through to his astonishing service on the battlefield. His faith is never shaken. There’s one moment mid- horror that might have come from Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line, when he asks: “What is it You want of me? I can’t hear you.” But then a wounded man cries “Help me!” and Doss takes that for his answer — repeatedly praying, “Let me get one more”. Hacksaw Ridge got a standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, Sunday, sparking rave reviews from critics and ushering Mel Gibson back into Hollywood prominence. Trailer premieres for Mel Gibson's 'Hacksaw Ridge' starring Andrew Garfield. Mel Gibson's Film 'Hacksaw Ridge' Based on True Story of World War II Hero Whose Only Weapon Was Prayer (Watch). Watch First Trailer for Mel Gibson’s WWII Drama Throughout, the Japanese appear completely other, in this context justifiably, perhaps. Sometimes the documentary clips of the real people involved, at the end of these true stories, make slightly uncomfortable viewing, deflating what we have just seen: far from it in Hacksaw Ridge. There are heroes. Follow Going Out on Facebook and on Twitter @ESgoingout. Hacksaw Ridge (2. Movie) Official Trailer . He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he single- handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge, which premiered today at the 73rd International Venice Film Festival, is a brutally effective, bristlingly idiosyncratic. Hacksaw Ridge is at once an inspirational faith film and viscerally violent, says David Sexton.
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