Its often been said that there are no atheists in the foxholes.
For the uninitiated, Desmond Doss walked a lonely and extraordinary path during World War II.
To be sure, Gibson is fascinated with violence.
All of his works as a filmmaker enjoy an overly-generous serving of brutality, fromBravehearttoApocalypto.
It is not until the third act thatHacksaw Ridgesteps foot in the Pacific Theater.
It is also then subsequently dropped into the most unforgiving war scenes in recent memory.
But the films overall deference is something that should be neither derided or desecrated as a modern political prop.
Rather,Hacksaw Ridgeshould be accepted for its embrace of goodness while in the face of mankinds greatest evils.
And like Doss, that is cause for celebration.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
