2016 · drama · war · biography
Hacksaw Ridge
Directed by Mel Gibson2h 19m2016
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Our read: Hacksaw Ridge (2016) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · war · biography entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Sombre, steady, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- extreme
- redemptive
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