"Hacksaw Ridge" gets standing ovation

War  History Online has an article about the latest from Mel Gibson:

Mel Gibson’s new movie Hacksaw Ridge, about World War Two, received a ten-minute standing ovation at the Venice, Italy film festival. About six minutes into the ovation, Gibson and cast members Andrew Garfield, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Teresa Palmer, and Luke Bracey went into the audience to greet people.
The movie is based on the true story of Desmond T. Doss, a conscientious objector who saved 75 soldiers without firing a shot. In fact, as a pacifist, he refused even to carry a gun.
Enlisting voluntarily in April of 1942, Doss refused to kill an enemy soldier or carry a weapon into combat because of his personal beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist. He consequently became a medic, and, while serving in the Pacific theatre, he saved the lives of his comrades, while at the same time adhering to his religious convictions. Doss was wounded three times during the war and, shortly before leaving the Army, was diagnosed with tuberculosis, which cost him a lung. Discharged in 1946, he spent five years undergoing medical treatment for his injuries and illness. He died in 2006, and was buried with full military honors.
“While everybody else is taking life, I’m going to be saving it,” Doss (played by Garfield) says in the trailer, giving a passionate defense of his stance that eventually wins over his officers.
Gibson’s career has been a remarkably turbulent one. When asked to describe his relationship with Hollywood, he summed it up in one word: ‘survival.’

Check out the trailer:

Rico says he'll see it.