Hacksaw Ridge

The controversial actor-filmmaker makes a violent, bloody WWII about conscientious objector Desmond T. Doss – and attempts an atonement.

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Likely giving fuel to his detractors, Gibson’s stubbornness also remains. In a WWII film that lasts 131 minutes, the word “fascism” is glaringly conspicuous in its absence and the closing shot is so audacious it would put Apocalypto’s arriving conquistadors to shame.

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But despite its promise, Hacksaw never really delves into the moral grays; it’s just black and white and red all over.

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Mel Gibson returns to directing after a decade-long absence with this true story starring Andrew Garfield as a non-violent American war hero who never fired a weapon.

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Andrew Garfield stars as decorated conscientious objector Desmond Doss in Gibson’s highly effective shot at a major directorial comeback.

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Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge makes a gruesome case for non-violence.

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Mel Gibson goes to war with a bruising, fantastically moving comeback.

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“Hacksaw Ridge” winds up being a rousing piece of entertainment that also happens to be an affecting portrait of spiritual faith and simple human decency.

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With Andrew Garfield in the lead role and Mel Gibson in the director’s chair for the first time in 10 years, “Hacksaw” is an incredibly powerful picture once it gets to the battle scenes.

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Being directed by Mel Gibson is killing ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Oscar chances.

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Hope conquers all and unshaking faith fuels Hacksaw Ridge’s gripping narrative.

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‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Has the Guts and the Glory. But Where’s the Gun?

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If it occasionally, or even often, veers into overkill territory, at least it’s a picture alive with grim vitality.

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Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge is a film at war with itself. Which makes perfect sense, because it’s about a man at war with himself, and I’m pretty sure it was also made by a man at war with himself.

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Mel Gibson uses an implacably violent film to make viewers understand the faith of a Seventh-Day Adventist who wants no part of violence at all.

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Mel Gibson has made a movie about a pacifist who served nobly during WWII. It's a testament to his filmmaking chops, and also an act of atonement that may succeed in bringing Gibson back.

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Hacksaw Ridge is drenched in the blood of the fallen and the mud forever caked on the boots of those who survived to tell the tale. It’s the closest thing to feeling as though you’ve marched a mile in those shoes.

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Gibson’s return to the fray as a director of grand, emotive spectacle, some of us might find the only response is to conscientiously object.

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The “Passion of the Christ” director extols pacifism with one hand while making war brutally exciting with the other.

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"Hacksaw Ridge," about a pacifist who won the Medal of Honor without firing a shot, is a mess. It makes hash of its plainly stated moral code by reveling in the same blood-lust it condemns.

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In 'Hacksaw Ridge,' Mel Gibson portrays WWII vet as a messiah, not a man.

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