The extraordinary true story of conscientious objector Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing a gun. Believing that the War was just but killing was nevertheless wrong, he was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon.

As an army medic Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded near enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. He was the first conscientious objector to ever win the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Was Mel Gibson heavily inspired by Captain America :  The First Avenger? Because it sure as hell looked like it. I know this movie is based on a true story but so was Saving Private Ryan. Okay, SPR was loosely based, but if felt more realistic than this. Just to put this into perspective, I love Mel Gibson. I loved all his previous directorial ventures and all those movies were hard-hitting and sometimes a bit too realistic for my appetite. So I was expecting this to be as good, or even better, than what he has done already.

Before I begin I’ll say this that I mean no disrespect to the soldiers who were part of this operation on Hacksaw Ridge or to the people who liked the movie. Just saying this because I think a movie based on real-life incidents is a sensitive topic, so I am just forewarning the readers.

I am just deeply disappointed. This mess of a movie has 8.3/10 on Imdb. I don’t know what kind of drug everybody consumed while watching this movie, but do parcel me a sample of it. I know nobody will take my advice after seeing the ratings but I’ll honestly tell you to give it a pass. I know the poster looks amazing, but the movie isn’t, in any way, whatsoever.