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Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

★ 8.2 · 14,786 ratings on TMDB

One of the greatest heroes in American history never fired a bullet.

Hacksaw Ridge poster★ 8.2

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.

DirectorMel Gibson
CastAndrew Garfield, Goran D. Kleut, Hugo Weaving, Luke Bracey, Rachel Griffiths, Richard Roxburgh
GenresDrama, History, War
The emergence reading

Hacksaw Ridge keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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