People who love Netflix are calling a violent war movie the “best film ever.”
A movie that was nominated for an Oscar has taken the streaming service by storm, with many praising it online.
One admirer says, “Guys, I just saw the best movie ever on Netflix.” I really think you should do it.
Another one says: Great movie. Ten out of ten.
One of the best movies I’ve ever seen, said a third.
Someone person says they cried every five seconds.
One person says, “One of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time.”
The movie has also gotten good reviews, with an 84% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an 8.1 rating on IMDb.
Steven Prokopy wrote for Third Coast Review that if you can handle the blood and guts, you’ll have a great time.
Dan Scully wrote a review for Cinema76: A great movie in the best sense of the word.
Damian Levy wrote in the Jamaica Gleaner that this is a movie for anyone who has ever felt like they didn’t fit in. It portrays the emotion of needing to stand up for what you believe in and protect your principles, even when everyone else tells you to look right. It’s brutal. Tense.
The 2016 movie, directed by Mel Gibson, is based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector, which Terry Benedict directed.
Set during World War II, it tells the story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), an American battlefield medic who, as a Seventh-day Adventist, refused to use a weapon of any kind.
Doss was the first conscientious objector to get the Medal of Honor for his service in the Battle of Okinawa.
Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn are all in the supporting cast.
Watch the trailer for Hacksaw Ridge here…
Many people thought the movie was Gibson’s return to form after his career had been going downhill after a number of scandals.
Gibson, who hasn’t directed a movie since 2006’s Apocalypto, said of Hacksaw Ridge (according to The Guardian): Desmond said he did what he did because of a power greater than himself, and the difference between a real superhero and a comic-book superhero is that real superheroes didn’t wear Spandex.
He went on to say, “There’s no denying what Doss was: he was a man of great courage, strong conviction, and strong faith. To go into a battle zone like that, which the Japanese called ‘steel rain,’ with the artillery and lead flying around, you had to have strong faith in yourself.”
That element of the narrative is true, and it greatly inspired me.
In 2006, Doss passed away at the age of 87.