1945年，第二次世界大战接近尾声，作为邪恶轴心重要成员的日本，其嚣张态势已成强弩之末。是年，决定战局走向的冲绳岛战役拉开序幕，成千上万斗志昂扬的美国大兵被派往冲绳，等待他们的则是敌军重兵防守、凶险异常的钢锯岭。在这群人中间，却有一个不愿拿起武器的军医。他名叫戴斯蒙德·道斯（安德鲁·加菲尔德 Andrew Garfield 饰），来自美国的弗吉尼亚。太平洋爆发之际，瘦弱的戴斯蒙德志愿成为救死扶伤的军医而应征入伍。可因童年和家庭的原因，他始终不愿拿起枪支操练，为此宁愿背上拒服兵役的罪名被送上军事法庭。几经周折，戴斯蒙德最终和战友来到了钢锯岭。枪林弹雨，转瞬之间无数人应声倒地。在信仰和信念的支持下，戴斯蒙德仅凭一己之力拯救了数十条濒死的生命……
本片根据真人真事改编。
When a successful writer learns her boyfriend is engaged to her former college friend, the two women reconnect and team up with her best friend, turning a painful betrayal into an unexpected journey of friendship and healing.
The worst is yet to come, despite Joel's belief that his troubles are finished after getting his mother in a care facility for dementia. It goes deeply into issues of love, friendship, and the fear that everyone has of losing themselves.
