Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Directed by Mel Gibson
A Virginia Seventh-day Adventist who refuses to carry a rifle survives army training and goes to Okinawa as a medic, where he saves men on the escarpment.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Blue Ridge Mountains home and hospital≈ 00:03:00Lynchburg, VirginiaStated on screen
Desmond grows up with a drunken veteran father, meets the nurse Dorothy and enlists.
- 2Basic training≈ 00:30:00Fort Jackson, South CarolinaStated on screen
His refusal to touch a rifle brings beatings and a court-martial; Dorothy visits and his father's intervention gets him cleared.
- 3The escarpment≈ 01:15:00Hacksaw Ridge (Maeda Escarpment), OkinawaStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 13,071 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 3
- Not shown: 13,071 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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