Hacksaw Ridge (Movie Review)

Hacksaw Ridge (Movie Review)

Hacksaw Ridge, a beautifully depicted movie of a real life hero who goes to war without a gun. Desmond Doss, a young man living during the time of the war between America and Japan. Like any other youngster he too wishes to enlist in the army but as a medic. His elder brother had already enlisted himself to fight. The family wasn’t very supportive. His father, an ex-war solider who is now reduced to a depressed drunkard and his pious mother, who bears all the sufferings, were not of the idea that Desmond go to war. In time, he finds the girl of his life and promises to marry her on his return during his vacations. However things go wrong with him when in the training camp he holds his convictions higher than touching a gun or let aside wielding. He is bullied, tortured and even beaten up. But he continues to follow on the way of the gospel values. Finally in court due to his father’s interventions he is allowed to go to war without a gun. Initially, he’s looked down upon as a burden to be saved. But tides turn when the American army retreats during a battle. He continues to stay back rescuing the soldiers who are still alive though severely injured. He even goes to the extent of saving the lives of the soldiers of the opposite enemies. A true story that gives a strong witness to a world lost in violence that Jesus even today continues to outshine everything through people strong in faith, willing to die for him. A motivational movie that everyone must watch. Desmond Doss has something to teach us all!