FILM RECON: Hacksaw Ridge

SNAPSHOT: Andrew Garfield gives a powerful and moving performance as army medic Desmond Doss in a film that is brutally effective in its depictions of combat—but nearly derailed by a single-minded, oversimplified message. Desmond Doss was a remarkable figure in World War II history—a calm, devout Seventh-Day Adventist who refused to handle weapons because of …

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