War films have been a major draw for some of the biggest filmmakers of all time, and many of them became major masterpieces with huge impact. One of them comes from Mel Gibson, 2016's Hacksaw Ridge.

Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge, which premiered today at the 73rd International Venice Film Festival, is a brutally effective, bristlingly idiosyncratic combat saga — the true story of a man of peace ...

HACKSAW RIDGE is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle ...

Can art be a form of atonement? That seems to be the case Mel Gibson is trying to make. After a ten-year absence from directing — his last run at the helm in Apocalypto arrived between a drunk driving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Andrew Garfield in 'Hacksaw Ridge' (Lionsgate) From the beginning, the incredible true story of Desmond Doss seemed destined for a ...

"Hacksaw Ridge" is a war film of the old school, celebrating nobility, courage and self-sacrifice in the tradition of "The Bridge on the River Kwai," "Paths of Glory" and "Saving Private Ryan." ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews Hacksaw Ridge, a film about a World War II hero who changed American attitudes about conscientious objectors. Mel Gibson's last directing project was the human ...

Mel Gibson’s new film raises questions about religious liberty and moral conviction amidst national turmoil. Hacksaw Ridge, Gibson’s first directorial outing since 2006’s Apocalypto, should expedite ...

It was one of the most hellish battles of the second world war, and Desmond Doss went into it without a gun. Mel Gibson’s film tells the story of Doss’s remarkable role in the Battle of Okinawa, where ...

The story of Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector awarded the Medal of Honor for his contributions in World War II’s Battle of Okinawa, is the kind of true story that was going to be made into a ...