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.
Direction
Mel Gibson's redemption arc: he finally made a war film about saving life.
Practical Effects
Those aren't CGI bodies. That's why you flinch.
Acting
Garfield's trembling conviction makes pacifism look like actual courage.
Director
Mel Gibson
Andrew Garfield
Desmond T. Doss
Sam Worthington
Captain Glover
Vince Vaughn
Sgt Howell
Teresa Palmer
Dorothy Schuttle
Luke Bracey
Smitty Ryker
Hugo Weaving
Tom Doss
Rachel Griffiths
Bertha Doss
Ryan Corr
Lieutenant Manville
Richard Roxburgh
Colonel Stelzer
Goran D. Kleut
Andy 'Ghoul' Walker
Luke Pegler
Milt 'Hollywood' Zane
Firass Dirani
Vito Rinnelli
Michael Sheasby
Tex Lewis
Nathaniel Buzolic
Harold "Hal" Doss
Ori Pfeffer
Irv Schecter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Desmond Doss saved 75 men; the film shows fewer for pacing, but the actual number was once estimated at 100 before Doss insisted on undercounting.
Seventh-day Adventists initially feared the film would glorify war; they endorsed it after seeing Gibson center Sabbath-keeping and nonviolence as strengths, not punchlines.
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