

The story grabs you from beginning and does not let you off until very end - after the movie I turned back and half of the girls in the theater were still wiping tears. It was done so that we could truly appreciate Doss's act of bravery, feel it like we were there and witnessed it firsthand - nothing was left out. However, I do understand why this was important to the story line. The movie depicts brutality of war in gory details, so much so, that I had to turn my eyes away from screen couple of times. I will be surprised if we don't see this film in a few Oscars categories. Great to have Mel Gibson back in the directors seat. Having read other reviews, it is hard to stay original, so first are few thoughts that I shared with the others. Just watched this movie at the pre-screening and feel like I owe it to the creators to write a review.
