Welcome to Movie Shortens. Follow us today to a 2016 movie which is the extraordinary true
story during World War II called: Hacksaw Ridge. Before we start, be aware: there are spoilers!
We start off in a battle as soldiers screaming, being shot and set on fire. Men are carrying a
young man, Desmond, on a stretcher out of the battle. His leg is badly hurt.
We then go back 16 years and see two young brothers,
Hal and Desmond Doss. They play together and climb up some big rocks. At the cemetery,
we see their father, Tom Doss. He’s drinking and talking to the graves about war.
Later, we see the brothers fighting as the dad walks past. The dad watches but
the mum tries to stop them fighting. As she does, Desmond grabs a brick and injures Hal.
Desmond looks shocked as his parents try to help Hal. The father scolds Desmond,
but the mum stops him and reassures them that Hal will be okay. Later that night, we hear Tom Doss
yelling at his wife. Desmond talks with his mum and she says Tom was different before the war.
In the next scene, Desmond has grown up. He helps a boy who is
badly hurt. He puts his belt around the boy’s leg,
and takes him to hospital. A doctor tells Desmond that he may have saved the boy’s life.
Desmond sees a pretty nurse. He goes and flirts with her. He sees she has a book about birds.
The next day, Desmond is dressed up. He tells his mum he met someone, Dorothy. He says he’s
going to marry her and runs off. Desmond finds a bird feather on the walk to the hospital. Later,
Desmond takes Dorothy to the movies. He asks her about her job, and she says she’ll give
him a medical book. He tells her she’s beautiful. He kisses her outside later.
Sometime later, the family is having dinner. Hal is in an army uniform. They
talk and Tom tells a sad story about war. He starts to cry and tells Hal to leave.
Dorothy finds the feather from Desmond. Later, they go climbing rocks. The couple
have so much fun. Later, we see Desmond reading a medical book while Dorothy and his mum talk.
In front of the hospital, Desmond tells Dorothy he has to go to war. They agree to get married
on his first leave. Later, at the cemetery, Tom talks to Desmond about war. Desmond says he’s
going to join the military as a medic and help people. Later, we see Desmond in an army uniform.
He kisses Dorothy goodbye and gets on a bus. She gives him a small bible with her photo inside.
Sometime later, Desmond gets to the army base and meets the other men,
Teach, Hollywood, and Grease. Smitty and Kirzinski are playing a game with a knife. Then there’s Tex,
Vito, Lucky, Andy, and some other men. They talk and the men are told to line up. As they do,
Kirzinski accidentally throws the knife into Smitty’s foot.
The men line up and we meet Sergeant Howell. He gives the men new names. Andy is Ghoul,
and because of the knife in his foot, Smitty is now, Private Idiot. Kirzinski is yelled at,
and is now, Chief. Desmond laughs and the Sergeant jokes about him being very thin.
He is now Doss. Sergeant Howell tells them all to go outside, and he shows them how to tie a special
knot. Some do well, but the Sergeant makes fun of those that did it wrong, especially Doss. They
do some training and running. Smitty and Doss are very fast. Smitty kicks Doss, but Doss still wins.
Later, they do gun training. Everyone picks up a gun, except Doss. He says he can’t touch a gun
and is taken to Captain Glover. Doss says he won’t kill anyone.
The Captain makes fun of Doss, and says he is being put in for a discharge.
Later, the Sergeant tells the other men to treat Doss badly. They all agree.
That night, Smitty picks on Doss and hits him. Doss doesn’t fight back. Later,
Doss talks with another officer about being discharged. He still
doesn’t want to have a gun. The officer tells Captain Glover that Doss is okay,
but has to do all of his training. The Captain and Sergeant Howell make plans to make Doss leave.
They make Doss clean toilets, and all the men are punished.
Some men beat him up at night. The next day, the Sergeant tells Doss to quit.
He doesn’t. He has a strong will. Later, the men are waiting to go on leave. Doss
is told by another officer he can’t go on leave. He hasn’t finished his gun training.
Doss planned to get married today, but he’s told if he doesn’t hold a gun he’ll be put in prison.
Later, we see Dorothy waiting to be married, and Desmond… is in prison.
Dorothy comes to see Desmond, and then talks to his parents after.
Tom puts on his old army uniform and goes to talk to his army friend, General Musgrove.
In the next scene, Doss goes to a hearing about disobeying orders.
Captain Glover and Sergeant Howell are there with other officers. Doss tells everyone that he wants
to fight. He is very proud. Doss is surprised to see his father walk in and defend him.
He has a letter from the General. It says Doss can go to war and continue to train as a medic.
Later we see that Desmond and Dorothy are now married.
Sometime after that, we see Doss and the other men in Japan. He is a medic now. We see the sad
side of war. Dead men are taken away and the soldiers look very sad and bloody. Doss and
the men set up a base in an old house. They are joined by some other soldiers. Two go talk to
Desmond and the other medics. They tell the men about Hacksaw. The enemy likes to kill medics.
Later we see the soldiers climbing the big rope ladder up to Hacksaw. The Navy shoots some big
guns to help them. We see the battlefield. It’s covered in dead bodies and smoke.
Suddenly, bullets go off and people are shot. Lots of the men are killed and blown apart.
Doss helps a hurt man, as the soldiers continue to fight and move forward.
Vito is shot and a medic goes to help him. Smitty saves Doss from being killed.
Men are dying everywhere and Doss goes to help his friend, Ralph.
His legs are gone and he’s badly hurt. The other medic tells Doss to leave him.
The Sergeant saves Hollywood from dying, and Doss carries Ralph to safety. Doss bravely
runs out again to help an injured soldier. The battle continues and Ghoul is hurt by a grenade.
The Captain is hurt as the battle keeps going. There are explosions everywhere,
and men scream, as the flamethrower sets them on fire. Doss finds Ghoul and helps him.
Later, after the fighting has finally stopped, the men are told to camp there for the night.
Doss and Smitty go out to find more injured men. That night, the men talk about all the soldiers
that are dead. One man says: “In peace, sons bury their fathers, in war, fathers bury their sons.”
Doss and Smitty find somewhere to hide together.
Doss has a nightmare about being killed. After he wakes up, he tells Smitty about his dad.
There’s a flashback of Doss saving his mother from his father. He takes the gun from his father
and points it at him. And that’s why he won’t pick up a gun. Doss and Smitty talk and smile.
Early the next day, the men are woken by the enemy. There are lots of them,
all coming to kill. The Sergeant tells the men to fall back. They are coming from underground,
so the Captain calls in a Navy strike. After more fighting, the Sergeant is badly shot in
his legs and a medic is shot when he comes to help. Doss keeps helping the injured,
as the fighting continues. Smitty is shot and hurt badly. Doss comes and carries him on his
back through the fighting and explosions. It’s too late though. Smitty is dead.
The men climb down the rope ladder, as the Navy strike continues.
Doss stays behind and runs back into the explosions to help someone.
At the bottom of the rope ladder, we see the Captain and the men leaving.
Back in the battle, Doss finds his friend hurt badly. He drags him through the explosions as
another man asks for help. Doss drags the hurt man to the top of the rope ladder.
He ties the same knot that was laughed at earlier. He puts it around the man’s
legs and lowers him to safety. Then he helps the other man and lowers him down.
Elsewhere, the Captain arrives at a base and says to stop the Navy strike.
Doss keeps helping men and lowering them down. The enemies are looking for survivors,
and Doss hides a friend under dirt. Doss hides under a dead body, as the enemies
get closer. An enemy stabs the body on top of Doss, but luckily he and his friend are okay.
Doss is chased by soldiers but escapes underground into some tunnels. He runs through the tunnels
and hides from the soldiers. He finds a hurt enemy soldier and helps him with his wound.
Doss finds more injured soldiers and helps them. He saves lots of men and lowers them to safety,
always saying, “One more.” At the base, a doctor asks where all the men are coming from.
Hacksaw. Someone is up there dragging injured people from the top. Even two enemy soldiers.
The smoke is clearing on the battlefield as Doss finds Sergeant Howell and the other
medic. He takes the medic and says he’ll be back for the Sergeant. Back on the base,
the Captain learns that Hollywood is alive. Hollywood tells the Captain
that Doss helped everyone get down to safety. Meanwhile, Doss goes to help the Sergeant, but
is shot in the helmet. Luckily, the bullet bounces off. There’s a sniper, but the Sergeant kills him.
Doss drags the Sergeant on a stretcher while the Sergeant shoots at the enemies.
They get to the top of the rope ladder and have a funny moment when the Sergeant sees the knot.
Doss lowers the Sergeant as he’s shot at by the enemy. The Sergeant tells the men
at the bottom to help Doss. Just then, Doss flies down on a rope with Smitty’s body.
Doss gets down and is safe. The men gather around him, and he is taken to the hospital tent.
Later, we see Doss in the hospital tent, surrounded by all the men he saved.
There are lots of them, but one of his peers didn’t make it. Later, outside,
the Captain goes to see Doss and says he was wrong about him. He’s a hero and
the men respect him. The Captain says they are going up again tomorrow, but not without Doss.
In the next scene, we see men getting ready to go back up Hacksaw. They are waiting for
Private Doss to finish praying for them. They go up the ladder again and continue fighting.
They are winning this time. The enemy pretends to surrender. Doss saves the men by kicking a
grenade away. His leg is hurt badly. He’s put on a stretcher and taken out of the battle.
This is the same scene as the start of the movie. There are some enemy soldiers that don’t want to
surrender. They take out their knives, and we know how their fate ends. The fighting stops, and soon
after, the enemy surrenders. The Captain tells Doss that he’s going home. They’ve taken Hacksaw.
The movie ends with Doss being lowered to safety looking up at the blue sky. There’s
some stories about his real life. He saved 75 men and got the Medal of Honour. His army
friends talk about how brave he was. A true hero. Like and Subscribe to watch more videos like this,
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