Hacksaw Ridge
Based on 2 Dolby TrueHD Atmos ratings
Overview
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.
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Powerful and Realistic Sound Experience
The sound in Hacksaw Ridge was excellent and very realistic. The battle scenes felt intense because of the powerful sound effects and background score. The audio helped create the emotion and tension throughout the movie. Overall, the sound design greatly enhanced the viewing experience.
Mortars find your ceiling before they find the dirt
Push play and the porch is quiet — birds, a screen door, a voice close to the center channel — and you forget what you're in for. Then the landing craft hits the beach and the room collapses inward. Machine guns stitch front-to-back across the sofa, mortars whistle through the ceiling and detonate behind you, and the flamethrower opens with a low whoosh that sits in your chest for a full second before the screams catch up. Naval bombardment from offshore presses the floor. The cliff-top assault is the reference reel — bullets crack past your ears with real coordinates, dirt rains through the tops, and every weapon has its own Foley fingerprint. The night rescue goes still and intimate, rope strain and breath in the surrounds. "One more" hits harder each time. Brutal, precise, exhausting in the best way.
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