--- description: In director Mel Gibson's "Hacksaw Ridge," Andrew Garfield plays Desmond Doss, the first conscientious objector to win a medal of honor. title: Watch the Trailer for Mel Gibson's War Movie 'Hacksaw Ridge' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2dd08d1abe2641d6/6988a0000a4a22e0029cab1b/andrew-garfield.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Andrew Garfield Is a War Hero in the Trailer for Mel Gibson's _Hacksaw Ridge_  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jul 28, 2016 4:02 PM CUT  Andrew Garfield arrives at Hollywood Foreign Press Association Hosts Annual Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on August 13, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. Andrew Garfield arrives at Hollywood Foreign Press Association Hosts Annual Grants Banquet at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on August 13, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.Jon Kopaloff--FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jul 28, 2016 4:02 PM CUT The question posed by an army captain in the first moments of the trailer for _Hacksaw Ridge_—”Who the hell is Private Doss?”—is a totally valid one. Director Mel Gibson aims to answer it with his new movie—and if ever a guy deserved a major Hollywood production about his life story, it’s Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who served in World War II as a medic and, without ever firing a bullet, rescued dozens of his comrades. The film follows Doss (played by [Andrew Garfield](http://time.com/4026175/andrew-garfield-spider-man/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29 "undefined")) from his childhood in the Blue Ridge Mountains with an abusive father to his army training (under the command of [Vince Vaughn](http://time.com/3731150/vince-vaughn-dave-franco-istock-images/ "undefined")‘s wisecracking sergeant) to the battlefield on Okinawa. His love story with a local nurse (because Hollywood) and his Christian faith (because [Mel Gibson](http://time.com/4364027/passion-of-the-christ-sequel/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fentertainment+%28TIME%3A+Entertainment%29 "undefined")) feature prominently. Despite mixed public opinion in the wake of a rash of bad publicity, Gibson is still considered by many to be a director worth watching, and the awards-season buzz for _Hacksaw Ridge_ began long before the trailer hit Thursday morning. 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