Hacksaw Ridge
A true-story WWII biography about conscientious objector and unarmed Army medic Desmond Doss at the Battle of Okinawa. The first half is a restrained period drama; the second half delivers some of the most sustained, graphically gory combat ever put on screen.
Graphic violence & goreAbuse & manipulationExplicit sexual contentSelf-harm & suicideHarm to childrenMedical traumaSubstance abuseFlashing lights
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First domestic violence flashback: Doss's father brandishes a pistol at his mother; guns are fired into the ceiling before Doss intervenes and disarms him.
Doss is beaten in the barracks at night by fellow soldiers who resent his refusal to handle a rifle; sustained physical assault shown.
A convoy of trucks passes carrying mangled bodies of soldiers, living and dead; first indication of the graphic level the film will sustain.