UPDATE, WRITETHRU with press conference comments after 4:53 AM post: Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson's fifth directorial effort, and his first since 2006's Apocalypto, screened for the press this morning at the Venice Film Festival. Applause greeted the World War II pic inside the Sala Darsena, and reviews are strong — the word “comeback” has been used more than once. Equal parts faith-based film and horrors-of-war action drama, Hacksaw tells the story of real-life hero Desmond…![]()
