Hacksaw Ridge

Movie • 2016 • Drama  

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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.
This movie contains 33 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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No animals die or are harmed.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is an animal sad?
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Is the r-slur used?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is someone eaten?
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Abandonment
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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Is someone stalked?
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ajmiller03
We see the same scene of domestic violence twice, the second time is longer and more detailed. Doss's father is yelling and threatening his mother with violence, including gun violence
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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skillwithaquill24
Morphine is given to wounded soldiers on the battlefield. That’s all.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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Are animals abused?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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duckinalagoon
Wounded soldiers are given morphine.
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Desmond is beat up by several guys in his unit.
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Is someone restrained?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
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skillwithaquill24
Japanese soldiers use bayonets to cut/stab enemy soldiers.

Doss witnesses a Japanese solider slit an injured man’s throat with a bayonet.
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Sandphin
Desmond gets bloody rope burn on his hands.
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skillwithaquill24
A US soldier is killed when a Japanese soldier slices his throat.
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Sandphin
Wounded people breathe fast and Desmond tells them to breathe. One of the wounded people wheezes.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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ajmiller03
During the battle several times we see flamethrowers directed at people and there are a few scenes where burning soldiers run
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A man is momentarily buried alive to hide him from Japanese soldiers who are canvassing the area to kill survivors.
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Is there body horror?
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Sandphin
Severed limbs, guts, heads.
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Is there amputation?
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skillwithaquill24
Several soldiers lose limbs in explosions on the battlefield. The aftermath is shown in realistic detail.

Bloody stumps, mangled limbs, and viscera are all onscreen.
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Many, many weapon-inflicted head shots, some pretty horrific
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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ajmiller03
No active hanging but Doss stumbles across a Japanese soldier in the tunnels who is hung from the ceiling and visibly dead, bit of a jumpscare
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Sandphin
Someone has gunk in his eyes and thinks he's gone blind, but after his eyes are washed he's ok.
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it is a war movie, and there are quite a few graphic visuals of gore
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
Does a major character die?
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Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Does a parent die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Fear
Are there jumpscares?
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skillwithaquill24
Soldiers are shot, burned, blown up, and killed unexpectedly while on the battlefield. We see many soldiers die bloody, sudden deaths.
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Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Are there clowns?
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ajmiller03
Not a shower but after his night on the Ridge Doss stands under an outpouring of water which we see cleaning some of the blood off him
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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moriartyparty
It’s a 1 hour and 9 minutes into the movie. A soldier v*ts pretty graphically. No more after that though.
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Is there farting?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
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Sandphin
Desmond is briefly arrested and put in a cell for disobeying orders.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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skillwithaquill24
A military hospital treats wounded soldiers.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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not explicitly mentioned, but it’s clear Desmond’s father has PTSD of some sort
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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Does someone self harm?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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not shown, only mentioned during the hearing, two people from Desmond’s hometown were determined 4-F unfit and he mentions that they killed themselves because they couldn’t serve.
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Is there misophonia?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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some people, on the battlefield, bury themselves or are buried under dirt temporarily to look dead, or cover themselves with a dead body, which may be claustrophobic to some
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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ajmiller03
We see a group of Japanese military leaders surrounding a man who stabs himself in the stomach and then is decapitated, it's cut with several other flashes of battle so lasts a while
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Noxious
Are there sudden loud noises?
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Does a baby cry?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Paranoia
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Sandphin
There's some documentary-style stuff at the end.
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Is there childbirth?
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Are there abortions?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Does a pregnant person die?
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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During training camp the Sergeant repeatedly calls the men "ladies" and similar words, it's treated as a joke
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Does the black guy die first?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Is there hate speech?
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does an LGBT person die?
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a lot of degrading comments during basic training calling the men girls and stuff
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Are there n-words?
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no, but there are racist comments made towards one of the privates, towards him being Native American (he’s also not Native American, the comments are made towards his Polish features, as he is Polish)
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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Religious
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Sandphin
Desmond (main character) is a devout Christian of the 7th Day Adventist variety.
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Sex
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Not really a sex scene, but a little romance on their wedding night. No nudity. Nothing rude in any way
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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not fully, but Hollywood is nude in the first scene we see him in. he covers his genitals, but everything else is seen.
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Is there bestiality?
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Sandphin
It's implied (a wedding night).
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Does someone have a stroke?
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Social
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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skillwithaquill24
As with any war film, many soldiers - including liked characters - die onscreen.

However, Doss successfully rescued 75 men from Hacksaw Ridge and lived on to the age of 87.


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Vehicular
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Is there blood/gore?
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skillwithaquill24
Prolonged, bloody war violence in the last half of the film. On par with “Saving Private Ryan” in terms of graphic, realistic gore imagery.
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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