Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Biography, Drama, History • Directed by Mel Gibson
Severe Violence
Violence Statistics
180
On-Screen Deaths
≈ estimate
1.3 deaths per minute
a killing every 46 sec
a killing every 46 sec
Weapons Used
["Rifles", "Machine guns", "Grenades", "Mortars"]
Violence Context
["World War II", "Military Combat"]
Film Details
Release Year
2016
2016
Runtime
139 minutes
139 minutes
Rating
R
R
Budget
Unknown
Unknown
Plot Summary
World War II American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss serves during the Battle of Okinawa, refusing to kill people.
Reality Check: 1.3 On-Screen Deaths per Minute vs. Real U.S. Wars
The real U.S. wars whose per-minute death rate comes closest to this film's — the comparison is always per minute and every war figure is U.S. casualties, never raw totals.
American Civil War
0.24/min
a death every 4 min
1861–1865 • United States
620,000 U.S. deaths
World War II
0.16/min
a death every 6 min
1941–1945 • Global
418,500 U.S. deaths
World War I
0.11/min
a death every 9 min
1917–1918 • Europe
116,516 U.S. deaths