Powerful First Trailer for Mel Gibson's WWII Drama HACKSAW RIDGE
Mel Gibson has made some incredible films throughout the course of his career. His next project is a World War II drama called Hacksaw Ridge, and it tells the true story of a soldier named Desmond Doss who went to war to help and serve his country... without a weapon and never firing a single bullet while in the heat of battle.
Lionsgate released the first trailer for this film today, and it's incredibly moving and inspirational. It looks like Gibson has made taken this powerful story and adapted it into a stunning looking film.
The battle that the movie will focus on is the Battle of Okinawa, which was a three-month military assault mission called Operation Iceburg. “Hacksaw Ridge” was the name given to one of the locations of a brutal battle in which the U.S. troops faced off against Japanese soldiers on the rocky cliffs of Okinawa. You will get a taste of that in the trailer, and it looks pretty frightening.
The movie stars Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths, and Vince Vaughn. Here's the synopsis:
HACKSAW RIDGE is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss [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 Honor.
Hacksaw Ridge will be released in theaters on November 4th.