Hacksaw Ridge movie - highly recommended...

When I first heard about the movie 'Hacksaw Ridge', I assumed it was the name of the character as I heard that it was based on a true story but when I watched the movie, I realised that it was the name of an actual ridge that the American soldiers had to climb over in order to advance and take over ground during World War 2. Mel Gibson was the director and it's a faith based movie that I would highly recommend for viewers to watch.

It is based on a true story about a young man who is Seventh day adventist and doesn't believe in carrying firearms but enlists into the US army which brings about much animosity from military high ranking officers and colleagues that he is eventually court martialled and was expected to leave all because he wants to serve as a medic instead.

However, his dad intervenes and his wife supports him which brings him to where he bravely saves over 75 men on 'Hacksaw Ridge'. It's definitely a movie about faith under fire and it begs the question of ''what would Jesus do?' if he/we were in a similar situation.

It's a compelling story that makes one reflect on how seriously we take our faith especially when looking at the Ten Commandments which states that 'thou shalt not kill'. Private Dow, took this as  literal but others in the movie discussed ideas of needing to kill the enemy or be killed.

It's definitely not a movie for the faint hearted as Mel Gibson filmed war scenes that looked very realistic in the bombing, shooting and killing of both the allies and the enemy. And it told a story about how one man, despite not carrying firearms into battle, was still able to save lives. His story was told 10 years after he died in this movie... Lest we forget...