Mel Gibson's 2016 war film Hacksaw Ridge follows the true story of Desmond Doss, who saved 75 soldiers during the Battle of ...

Hacksaw Ridge is a war drama film helmed by Mel Gibson and chronicles the heroic tale of Desmond Doss, a Sevent-day Adventist and conscientious objector who serves as a combat medic in World War II.

Some of the most grueling, blood-stained combat in the Pacific during World War II took place at Hacksaw Ridge on Okinawa, what is today a quiet, unimposing and scenic escarpment lined with homes ...

Hollywood star Mel Gibson may have directed a movie about the hill in Okinawa known as Hacksaw Ridge, but Fairfax County resident Ken Kaye, 94, was actually there during the notorious WWII battle. In ...

Gamroth wasn’t interested in reliving the horrors of war, and he probably wouldn’t want to see Mel Gibson’s new movie, “Hacksaw Ridge,” which tells the true story of a World War II medic categorized ...

The film marks Gibson's first directorial project since 2006. By Allison Crist “With the world so set on tearing itself apart, doesn’t seem like such a bad thing to me to want to put a little bit of ...

During the most harrowing moments of Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson’s new drama about the first conscientious objector to win a congressional medal of honor, Andrew Garfield’s Private First Class Desmond ...

The 2025 NFL season is set to kick off this weekend and once again, there will be many alumni of the Ducks’ football program making their presence... Now, in 2016, he has re-emerged behind the camera ...

Some of their story is told in “Hacksaw Ridge.” The young couple wrote each other letters, and wherever he went in battle, Desmond was carrying something Dorothy gave him: a small Bible with a photo ...

Mel Gibson is out of movie jail. Ten years after directing Apocalypto, which was completed before a series of social disgraces were played out in public and limited Gibson’s employment opportunities ...

Gibson directs Andrew Garfield in the World War II film. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Doss, who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing a gun, believed ...

However, Hacksaw Ridge is largely one of Gibson's best films. Netflix subscribers have one more chance to check out this must-see war drama before it leaves the streaming service on Jan. 1, 2026.