Already riding a tidal wave of hype and positive reviews after its release in the United States over the weekend, Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge won’t reach our shores till the new year. Fear not, because two new clips have come our to whet our appetite for the true story of the courage of conscientious objector Desmond Doss. Check them out for yourself below.
Released: 27th January 2017
Synopsis: HACKSAW RIDGE is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss (BAFTA winner and Golden Globe nominee Andrew Garfield) who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour.
