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* DrillSergeantNasty: Sergeant Howell (Vince Vaughn) naturally mocks Doss for his pacifist convictions during trainings.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Sergeant Howell (Vince Vaughn) naturally mocks Doss for his pacifist convictions during trainings. He also ends up turning the rest of his squad against Doss for claiming he doesn't want to pick up a gun because he's a coward.
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* AbusiveParents: Desmond's father is a physically abusive alcoholic, though the movie goes to lengths to humanize him despite his faults.
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* BulletproofHumanShield: One soldier uses a rather gruesomely mangled corpse of a Japanese soldier as a shield while charging the enemy.
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* DrowningMySorrows: A defining characteristic of Desmond's father.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Desmond's father is this, having witnessed horrors during the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI Great War]].
* SurvivalMantra: Doss carries on through the night seeking out surviving wounded men and carrying them to the ridge by repeating "Please Lord, help me get one more." TruthInTelevision, according to the interviews with the real Doss.
* SurvivorGuilt: Desmond's father is hinted to have this, as he lost his closest childhood friends during the war.
* SurvivalMantra: Doss carries on through the night seeking out surviving wounded men and carrying them to the ridge by repeating "Please Lord, help me get one more." TruthInTelevision, according to the interviews with the real Doss.
* SurvivorGuilt: Desmond's father is hinted to have this, as he lost his closest childhood friends during the war.
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** The Japanese reveal to have the entire ridge tunneled, allowing them to show up anywhere.
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* {{Seppuku}}: The closing scenes of the battle on the ridge show the Japanese commanders going through this to show that, this time, they really have been defeated.
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* OhCrap: Doss has this moment while he's pulling wounded off the battlefield after the other troops have pulled back. The Navy ends its bombardment because there are still soldiers on the ridge, but for Doss, the explosions were the primary things forcing the Japanese soldiers to keep their heads down and the dust and smoke raised by them kept him from being seen.
-->'''Doss:''' ''We just lost our cover!''
-->'''Doss:''' ''We just lost our cover!''
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* FireForgedFriends: Doss and Smitty Ryker start off very antagonistic, even before Doss's status as a conscientious objector was revealed, but they end up being close to another [[spoiler:to the point Doss refuses to abandon his dead body even when in imminent danger of getting killed by the Japanese.]]
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* {{Gorn}}: It's a film about World War II directed by Mel Gibson; this is to be expected. The battle sequences are drenched in horrific, bloody, realistic violence. People have their limbs blown off, intestines spilling out of their bodies, bodies exploding in bloody fashions, exposed nerves and bones and a decapitation. The camera does not look away from any of this.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The army is not inherently wrong for being anxious about having a soldier who doesn't want to kill anyone, or even touch a weapon. But Doss, who believes that it would be wrong for him to not be a medic on the battlefield, feels that doing so would violate his religious beliefs, and it's noted that forcing him to do so would violate the same constitutional rights they are fighting for.
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* RealityIsUnrealistic: Mel Gibson decided not to include some of the more unbelievable aspects to the story.
** [[spoiler: After being injured and taken off the battlefield, he actually rolled off the stretcher when he noticed a man more injured than him and demanded they take him instead. While they were gone he was shot by a sniper, shattering his left arm, and he crawled 300 yards by himself in the hellfire of battle to safety.]] This was omitted because Gibson feared that nobody would believe that had happened.
** While lowering men down the ridge, a Japanese soldier had Doss in his sights several times, and every time he did, his gun jammed, preventing him from shooting him. This was also omitted amidst fears of unbelievability.
** [[spoiler: After being injured and taken off the battlefield, he actually rolled off the stretcher when he noticed a man more injured than him and demanded they take him instead. While they were gone he was shot by a sniper, shattering his left arm, and he crawled 300 yards by himself in the hellfire of battle to safety.]] This was omitted because Gibson feared that nobody would believe that had happened.
** While lowering men down the ridge, a Japanese soldier had Doss in his sights several times, and every time he did, his gun jammed, preventing him from shooting him. This was also omitted amidst fears of unbelievability.
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* JumpingOnAGrenade: One American soldier a grenade's blast by forcing an ''enemy soldier'' to jump on one. Another protects his company by trapping a grenade between the enemy and himself.
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* TheNicknamer: Sergeant Howell during the start of bootcamp assigns several nicknames, but only a few stick like 'Ghoul'.
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* GrenadeHotPotato / JumpingOnAGrenade: Doss sees a Japanese hand grenade coming and smashes it back with his hand. The explosion still happens close to him and sends him flying.
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* ISurrenderSuckers: A group of Japanese soldiers emerge waving a white flag, but then toss grenades at the Americans.
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* JumpingOnAGrenade: One American soldier a grenade's blast by forcing an ''enemy soldier'' to jump on one. Another protects his company by trapping a grenade between the enemy and himself.
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* ARealManIsAKiller: Profoundly believed by the US Army which gets Doss into trouble for refusing to kill or even carry a weapon.
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* HonourBeforeReason: Doss refuses to hold a weapon, even for training purposes at the threat of court martial.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Several draftees of Doss' unit beat him to a pulp at the training camp for his refusal to fight.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Several Captain Glover (Sam Worthington) and several draftees of Doss' unit beat him to a pulp at the training camp for his refusal to fight.
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* ARealManIsAKiller: Doss does his very best to avert this.
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''Hacksaw Ridge'' is a 2016 Australian-American [[{{Biopic}} biographical]] [[WarMovies war film]] directed by Creator/MelGibson and starring Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/VinceVaughn, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Creator/HugoWeaving, Ryan Corr, Teresa Palmer, Creator/TeresaPalmer, Richard Pyros and Rachel Griffiths.Creator/RachelGriffiths.
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The film is BasedOnATrueStory, that of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII US Army medic Desmond Thomas Doss (Garfield), a Seventh-day Adventist conscientious objector who refused to bear arms, yet was awarded the Medal of Honor by President UsefulNotes/HarryTruman for single-handedly saving the lives of over 75 of his comrades while under constant enemy fire during the [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific Battle of Okinawa]].
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The film is set during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and BasedOnATrueStory, that of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII US Army medic private Desmond Thomas Doss (Garfield), a Seventh-day Adventist conscientious objector who refused to bear arms, yet was arms and became a combat medic. He ended up awarded the Medal of Honor by President UsefulNotes/HarryTruman for single-handedly saving the lives of over 75 of his comrades while under constant enemy fire during the [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific Battle of Okinawa]].
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* RightUnderTheirNoses: Doss has the idea to cover an injured comrade and himself with dirt to hide from incoming Japanese soldiers.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Sergeant Howell (Vince Vaughn) naturally mocks Doss for his convictions during trainings.
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* GrenadeHotPotato: Doss sees a Japanese grenade coming and smashes it back with his hand.
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* BadassPacifist: Doss, a conscientious objector who ends up saving dozens of his comrades during one of the most ferocious battles of the Pacific War as a combat medic.
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* BadassPacifist: Doss, a conscientious objector who ends up saving dozens of his comrades during one of the most ferocious battles of the Pacific War as a combat medic.
medic. Without firing a single bullet.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Sergeant
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Several draftees of Doss' unit beat him to a pulp at the training camp for his refusal to fight.
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* ThouShaltNotKill: Doss' conviction through and through.
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The film is BasedOnATrueStory, that of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII US Army medic Desmond T. Thomas Doss (Garfield), a Seventh-day Adventist conscientious objector who refused to bear arms, yet was awarded the Medal of Honor by President UsefulNotes/HarryTruman for single-handedly saving the lives of over 75 of his comrades while under constant enemy fire during the [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific Battle of Okinawa]].Okinawa]].
The trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-1hz1juBI here]].
The trailer can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-1hz1juBI here]].
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* TheMedic: Doss' refusal to carry arms and kill enemies drives him to become a medic.
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The film is BasedOnATrueStory, that of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII US Army medic Desmond T. Doss (Garfield), a Seventh-day Adventist conscientious objector who refused to bear arms, yet was awarded the Medal of Honor by President UsefulNotes/HarryTruman for single-handedly saving the lives of over 75 of his comrades while under constant enemy fire during the [[World War II / WarInAsiaAndThePacific [[WorldWarII/WarInAsiaAndThePacific Battle of Okinawa]].
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''Hacksaw Ridge'' is a 2016 Australian-American [[{{Biopic}} biographical]] WarFilm [[WarMovies war film]] directed by Creator/MelGibson and starring Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/VinceVaughn, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Creator/HugoWeaving, Ryan Corr, Teresa Palmer, Richard Pyros and Rachel Griffiths.
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''Hacksaw Ridge'' is a 2016 Australian-American biographical war film [[{{Biopic}} biographical]] WarFilm directed by Creator/MelGibson and starring Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/VinceVaughn, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Creator/HugoWeaving, Ryan Corr, Teresa Palmer, Richard Pyros and Rachel Griffiths.
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''Hacksaw Ridge'' is a 2016 Australian-American biographical war film directed by Creator/MelGibson and starring Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/SamWorthington, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Creator/HugoWeaving, Ryan Corr, Teresa Palmer, Richard Pyros and Rachel Griffiths.
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