Review of Hacksaw Ridge (2016) by Moviemitch96 — 05 Nov 2016

Wow! I was completely blown away by this film! Mel Gibson has done what I considered to be the unthinkable: He's proved that he's still got what it takes to make a compelling and engaging film, even after all these years of his weird and controversial nature and personality, especially post-Passion of the Christ release.

Anyhow, I digress. This was one solid and engaging war film from start to finish and quite possibly the most violent one I can recall since Saving Private Ryan. Nonetheless, it still manages to stand out rather well this way.

As for the cast, Andrew Garfield gives what I'd heavily consider to be his greatest performance yet! Other familiar faces such as Sam Worthington, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Teresa Palmer, etc round out the great and talented supporting cast in this film.

Overall, despite a few moments of predictability throughout, they're more than made up for through the sheer power of the film's remarkable true story and hero along with the harrowing yet memorable war sequences in the film's second half.