Hacksaw Ridge [Blu-ray]

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I watched the documentary before watching this movie. The movie seems to hold very true.

My grandfather was at Okinawa. He spoke of it to no one, until one summer day we were sitting together in 1997, just 2 years before he died, and he heard a slurry bomber going overhead (fire season). He stood up and scanned the skies. When the plane came into view, he said, “it’s ours.” Then he sat down and began to weep. I took his hands carefully in mine, his skin was so thin, and his hands were shaking. He looked at me and said, “these hands have killed.” He then told me how his sister ship (he was a SeaBee) anchored at Okinawa took a kamikaze hit; and he told me of another time when they came under fire, he ran for a fox hole, but didn’t make it – which was a good thing in a bad way, as the fox hole took a direct hit and all those inside died. And that was all he ever told me, and later I found out I was the only one he ever told anything of what happened to him in the war.

People who look at this movie for entertainment only, well just don’t. This is more. It is truth, even in its gore and horror. This is about war, about one man who changed and touched hundreds of lives through generations. It’s about conviction and bravery in extraordinary circumstances by ordinary men (and women). It isn’t meant just to “entertain,” it’s meant to tell a story and help us remember. Freedom isn’t free.

-kia

I was astounded! I finished the movie and the tears just flowed – it was an incredible portrayal of an amazingly courageous man who stared into the face of hell and wrangled a true miracle from the flames of death and destruction. “Just one more…” – and to maintain his convictions in the face of ridicule with such an intensity – his steadfast beliefs and his true integrity – he changed their minds. Point to note – NOT FOR CHILDREN!! They spare nothing in portraying war and how soldiers die. America should be honored to have had a son of such true conviction.

– Susie

This was by far the greatest war movie I’ve ever seen since Saving Private Ryan. In fact it might’ve been the greatest war movie I have ever seen. Andrew Garfield gives an incredible performance, the story goes along at a perfect pace, and the action is some of the best you’ll see on screen. As much as I loved Saving Private Ryan, a lot of it was fictitious. Of course the war was real but the characters and in fact Private Ryan himself was a fictional character. While Hacksaw Ridge on the other hand is all based in reality every character is based on a person who really lived through World War II. So in my opinion that makes Hacksaw Ridge a much more powerful film. This is truly one of those films that comes along every decade or two that will become the default answer for people’s favorite film of all time. When you ask someone what their favorite film is you consistently hear Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, Forest Gump, The Godfather, Citizen Kane, and get ready to hear Hacksaw Ridge more often as this film is seen by more people.

– Sara C.

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving
Directors: Mel Gibson
Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: Spanish
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 2
Rated: R-Restricted
Studio: Lionsgate
DVD Release Date: February 21, 2017
Run Time: 139 minutes
ASIN: B01LTHZVSS