Hacksaw Ridge

Summit Entertainment | Release Date: November 4, 2016

8.2	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 839 Ratings

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RatedRexDec 3, 2016

"Hacksaw Ridge" plays as religious propaganda. This isn't the first time that Mel Gibson has overplay his religious hand. He did the same thing in "Passion of the Christ." Americans love religion and war. If you can intertwine both, and"Hacksaw Ridge" plays as religious propaganda. This isn't the first time that Mel Gibson has overplay his religious hand. He did the same thing in "Passion of the Christ." Americans love religion and war. If you can intertwine both, and then add a touching love story, that could be the recipe for box office success. The problem with "Hacksaw" is that it is way over the top. I don't think I've ever seen so many limbs blown off, or intestines spattered all over the place. View this at your own risk.… Expand

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Seymour_MoviesNov 13, 2016

Hacksaw of course is a typical (for Gibson) heavy-handed, overly graphic, religious themed story about a man who overcomes adversity. The cinematography was excellent at times and disappointing at others. This movie was perfectly okay held upHacksaw of course is a typical (for Gibson) heavy-handed, overly graphic, religious themed story about a man who overcomes adversity. The cinematography was excellent at times and disappointing at others. This movie was perfectly okay held up by a decent performance by Garfield and a good by limited performance by Weaving. This movie brings nothing special, but might be slightly entertaining for people who like gore.… Expand

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rattusturpisFeb 21, 2017

Directing with sledgehammer. There is not one bit of subtlety in this film, not in the acting and certainly not in the directing. The fight scenes are quite good, but the rest is not.

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DonMegaMar 26, 2017

The story wasn't good at all as it's political propaganda drivel.
My rating is solely based on the battle scenes. Up there with saving private ryan and black hawk down.

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dunnyoneJan 19, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Truly, this is the most spectacular was film since Saving Private Ryan. Once the action begins, it's non-stop, jaw dropping scenes until the film ends. Unfortunately, the first hour and a half is awful soap-opera style scene-setting that could have been told in a ten minute scene. Also, this is a deeply religious film, but what else can you expect from Mel Crucify me quick Gibson. Terrible first half (you've seen it all before), but outstanding second half. So that gets a 5 from me.… Expand

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dashtagMar 25, 2017

I was looking forward to this one, but Hacksaw Ridge was a disappointment. The story is good, but the way it's told is not. We do not see much fighting until about 90 minutes into the movie, and most of those 90 minutes are Desmond DossI was looking forward to this one, but Hacksaw Ridge was a disappointment. The story is good, but the way it's told is not. We do not see much fighting until about 90 minutes into the movie, and most of those 90 minutes are Desmond Doss thinking if he should go to war. The acting is not very good, and Andrew Garfield, the lead as Desmond is not very good. The war scenes are not very intense or realistic, because of all the bloodshed and gore that comes out. When we see severed limbs, it doesn't look very realistic, it just looks stupid. An overrated movie, Hacksaw Ridge is. Saving Private Ryan is better.… Expand

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shag00Jun 22, 2019

The movie to long which is something that I rarely feel. The first half is a tough slog being itself 50/50 army boot camp dross and religious zealotry. Quite hard to sit through.

The main character is a bit odd in that despite his fairlyThe movie to long which is something that I rarely feel. The first half is a tough slog being itself 50/50 army boot camp dross and religious zealotry. Quite hard to sit through.

The main character is a bit odd in that despite his fairly dire predicament he is portrayed as smiling like an idiot in many early scenes.

The second half of the movie saves it.… Expand

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MurphyBrandonDec 17, 2019

I almost quit in the first half of the movie. This dude falls in love with a girl at first sight, walks up to her, and then just stares at her with a dumb look on his face and says nothing. He's so awkward. Then, he tries to give some speechI almost quit in the first half of the movie. This dude falls in love with a girl at first sight, walks up to her, and then just stares at her with a dumb look on his face and says nothing. He's so awkward. Then, he tries to give some speech to his squad about morality, but all of his comrades need to fight and kill because, otherwise, they would all end up dead if they followed this guy's logic. Andrew Garfield's voice sounds like he's copying Forrest Gump, but the real person he's poorly portraying is a normal, smart gentleman. Plus, this movie has a ton of corny slow-motion shots that reminded of Braveheart. Mel Gibson directs like a teenager who is overly excited to use all of his cool little video effects in his video editing software application. It tries but fails to be gritty and raw like other war movies.… Expand

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GrobeuMay 19, 2020

Only modern americans could rate this trash that high. Boring, lowbrow film that ripps off the best ideas from every classic war film. Mel "I FOUND THE LAWD AT THE BOTTOM OF A WHISKY BOTTLE" Gibson woke up one day feeling like he wanted to doOnly modern americans could rate this trash that high. Boring, lowbrow film that ripps off the best ideas from every classic war film. Mel "I FOUND THE LAWD AT THE BOTTOM OF A WHISKY BOTTLE" Gibson woke up one day feeling like he wanted to do HIS war movie and fancied himself Spielberg. The structure is Full Metal Jacket. The setting is The Thin Red Line. The battle scenes are Saving Private Ryan on MDMA. It tries to pass of as a movie filled with moral undertones but barely manages to scratch the surface and remains ridiculously superficial and hollow. Grafiled (typo is voluntary, i won't put in the effort writing his name correctly since he thinks his garbage overacting does the job) is a terrible actor and proves it once more by portraying Doss as the creepy, probably inbred village idiot. It's 30 minutes too long. It bashes you in the face with religious sermons while revelling in showing people getting blasted to little bits with unhidden glee. It has never heard of the words "subtlety", "realism" or "maturity". It's loaded with anachronisms, historical inaccuracies, factual mistakes and downright nonsensical and incoherent situations. It's sheer unadultarated garbage and only fanaticaly patriotic, jingoistic and borderline fascist americans could enjoy such vapid trash. Gibson is clearly insane, disconnected from reality, isn't as smart or deep as he thinks he is, and so are the people that rated this garbage more than 5. This is "war movies for dummies", and good'ol Mel only skimmed through half the book. Do yourself a favor and rewatch Platoon instead. HACKsaw Ridge is an unvoluntary parody of classic war movies.… Expand

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