Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first Conscientious Objector in American history to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
- japan
- hero
- world war ii
- abusive father
- pacifism
- bible
- gore
- vegetarian
- biography
- based on true story
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Andrew Garfield
Desmond T. Doss
Sam Worthington
Captain Glover
Vince Vaughn
Sgt Howell
Teresa Palmer
Dorothy Schuttle
- Luke Bracey — Smitty Ryker
- Hugo Weaving — Tom Doss
- Rachel Griffiths — Bertha Doss
- Ryan Corr — Lieutenant Manville
- Richard Roxburgh — Colonel Stelzer
- Goran D. Kleut — Andy 'Ghoul' Walker
- Luke Pegler — Milt 'Hollywood' Zane
- Firass Dirani — Vito Rinnelli
- Michael Sheasby — Tex Lewis
- Nathaniel Buzolic — Harold "Hal" Doss
- Ori Pfeffer — Irv Schecter
- Directed
- Mel Gibson
- Written
- Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan
Production
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 · 15,254 ratings
- Studio
- Summit Entertainment, Pandemonium, Cross Creek Pictures, Permut Presentations, Vendian Entertainment, Argent Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
