Gibson Producing War In Afghanistan Movie

I love how the rest of the world is moving on and allowing Mel Gibson to be superb film maker.  Whether it’s the French helping out with Blood Father, the Ozzies giving Mel the tools for the job in Hacksaw Ridge, or the Chinese working with him for a big budget movie set in WW2 (The Bombing).  Your loss, Hollywood.

Anyway, Mel is going to produce a new War in Afghanistan movie about manly man Mark Donaldson.

Donaldson was a rebellious teenager who had already lost his father, a Vietnam War veteran, when his mother disappeared, presumed murdered. A life of anger and self-sabotage beckoned, but he enlisted in the Australian Army and worked to achieve his goal of joining Australia’s elite Special Air Service.

In 2008 while serving in Afghanistan, he saved the life of a wounded Afghan interpreter while under Taliban fire, sprinting 80 meters to haul the injured man back to the safety of a slow-moving U.S. Humvee that was also being hit by enemy fire from all angles. In 2009, he became the first Australian since 1969 to receive the Victoria Cross and was named Young Australian of the Year by the National Australia Day Council in 2010.

In the book, Donaldson shares the journey of a flawed man who turned away from self-destruction to fight his own war and save the life of a man he barely knew.