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• Albert K

  
  worst WWII movie ever. Plus, the setting of WWII was already broken once Nicolas Cage came onscreen.

• Anthony L

  
  In Windtalkers, John Woo takes a relatively interesting piece of War history and makes a thoroughly gratuitous, distasteful and disrespectful film out of it. At it's very best, it feels like bad theatre. A truly awful film with quite possibly the worst script ever written.

• Jeff "

  
  Windtalkers is by far one of the most innacurrate war films, I've seen in a long time. Nick Cage is very hit and miss, and Windtalkers is another miss for him. The plot is very bad, the actors, some good are wasted on this sorry excuse of a film. This is a terrible war film to… More
  Windtalkers is by far one of the most innacurrate war films, I've seen in a long time. Nick Cage is very hit and miss, and Windtalkers is another miss for him. The plot is very bad, the actors, some good are wasted on this sorry excuse of a film. This is a terrible war film to avoid. This is a typical hollywood war film with really no research done, and it shows. A very bad film, with no elements in the story to make this a winner. This is a war film that will be remembered as a dud. Theres nothing interesting or good here. It's however a bad waste of time. Watch Letters From Iwo Jima instead.

• Conner R

  
  Not the greatest war movie or even close, but it's just really nice looking and well executed. It's got a really bizarre performance from Nicolas Cage because he's just so normal and real, showing once again that he does have a wide range of talent. The film's… More
  Not the greatest war movie or even close, but it's just really nice looking and well executed. It's got a really bizarre performance from Nicolas Cage because he's just so normal and real, showing once again that he does have a wide range of talent. The film's message is obvious, but I really liked it all the same. You can't get someone better than John Woo to blow things up for you and still make it look tasteful.

• Tim S

  
  Sorry, this one just didn't do it for me. Felt convoluted and uninvolving, not to mention, uninteresting.

• Film C

  
  brilliant movie

• xGary X

  
  Traumatized WWII sergeant Nicolas Cage is charged with the safe keeping of a Navajo code talker and ordered to ensure he never falls into enemy hands-no matter what the cost. From the very start, it's obvious that this is a John Woo film; the combination of slickly directed… More
  Traumatized WWII sergeant Nicolas Cage is charged with the safe keeping of a Navajo code talker and ordered to ensure he never falls into enemy hands-no matter what the cost. From the very start, it's obvious that this is a John Woo film; the combination of slickly directed action, sentiment and XY pleasing heroics is exactly what you'd expect of him. Woo is essentially a one trick pony; he is very good at action set pieces and this is no exception. The battle sequences are very well staged but often times it felt like the action was a little too relentless. Cage bulldozes through the enemy forces like Schwarzenegger on PCP and it feels like the characters are just a little too disposable. For this reason, anyone expecting a gritty, believable war film should steer clear. But although the characters are rather stereotypical and the culture clash aspect of the story a little simplistic and patronizing, the cast are perfectly likable and it never descends too far into the kind of mush Woo is capable of at his worst. Not exactly deep or insightful, but it's a perfectly serviceable action film that just happens to be set during a war.

• Lorenzo v

  
  This has got to be the most retarded war film I have ever seen. John Woo desperately tries to make this a cinematical achievement he didn't notice that the more big unnecessary explosions he makes the more retarded and boring this film gets. From the awkward action scenes to the… More
  This has got to be the most retarded war film I have ever seen. John Woo desperately tries to make this a cinematical achievement he didn't notice that the more big unnecessary explosions he makes the more retarded and boring this film gets. From the awkward action scenes to the hilarious and stupid dialogs, this film is every shade of wrong. I had to actually painstakingly tread almost over two hours of this crappy heap of junk shit. This film single-handedly destroyed one of my favorite film genres ever. They tried to blend in a backstory that concerns Sgt Enders' (Nicolas Cage) past and the wrong decisions he's made and it still haunts him after all this time yadda yadda. They tried to give Enders some sympathy votes from the audience because he was just following orders and all that stuff. I don't know about you but I really think this sympathy ploy failed miserably. Not that I'm a man with a heart made out of icicles , its just that the way the director did it is just too plain, dull, very un-involving and boring. The war scenes <b>wasn't</b> a sight to behold. The camera angles is way too awkward and from a a guy who've seen a lot of war films, maybe the actors needed more time in boot camp. Talk about awwwwwkard. John Woo should learn a thing or two from 'Saving Private Ryan' before making another war flick. This one is a disgrace to war film lovers everywhere. <b>2/5</b>

• Al S

  
  An oustanding war movie. An engagging, riveting, deeply moving and excellent movie. A pulse-pounding and exhilerating action-packed drama. It's brilliant, absorbing, heart-pounding and extroadinary. A breathtaking and edge of your seat film loaded with explosive action sequences… More
  An oustanding war movie. An engagging, riveting, deeply moving and excellent movie. A pulse-pounding and exhilerating action-packed drama. It's brilliant, absorbing, heart-pounding and extroadinary. A breathtaking and edge of your seat film loaded with explosive action sequences and very powerful drama. Nicolas Cage is magnificent, turning a very powerful and stirring performance. Adam Beach is truly teriffic. Christian Slater is fantastic. One of Director, John Woo's finest achivements ever.

• Lafe F

  
  It's a powerful movie with a fresh story. The likeable characters, and not the war action, are what make this movie good.

• Lanning :

  
  Actually, Walter, I've sat through this one, but I definitely agree it's nothing to write home to mother about.

• Dean !

  
  A very good film with huge battle scenes that reminded me of Saving Private Ryan. It's a good story if a little drawn out, but the action/battle scenes are on a huge scale. Quite different to most films directed by John Woo.

• Bobby H

  
  A typical war movie, but a great one at that. The only negative is that it's not all that historical, but, considering I dont think there were really going for that as much as they were just another hollywood war movie, it was great and definatly worth watching!

• Jens S

  
  John Woos take on a little known but pretty interesting historic detail from World War Two. While nicely shot and with a lot of action, Woos directing style with his slow-mo and coreographed explosions and does not really match with war scenes. Neither does James Horner's musical… More
  John Woos take on a little known but pretty interesting historic detail from World War Two. While nicely shot and with a lot of action, Woos directing style with his slow-mo and coreographed explosions and does not really match with war scenes. Neither does James Horner's musical score, which would fit to a fun action movie but no war drama. That being said, the showdown is rather exciting and while being slow at some points the movie always manages to entertain. It's far from being as moving as Saving Private Ryan or Thin red Line, though.

• Aaron N

  
  A long war movie that is too much about it's action scenes and not enough about it's title. Cage does what he can, despite being too much the leading man, when it should be Beach, the windtalker. Woo gets action, but that's not hard for him to come up with.

• Khris N

  
  Totally undderated!! Wonderful story, action and performances. A modern day take on war by a masterful action director - and good cast.

• Dann M

  
  John Woo's World War II epic, Windtalkers, is a dour and disjoined action film. The story follows a traumatized marine who is assigned to protect a Navajo code talker in the Pacific Theater. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, and Christian Slater, but the… More
  John Woo's World War II epic, Windtalkers, is a dour and disjoined action film. The story follows a traumatized marine who is assigned to protect a Navajo code talker in the Pacific Theater. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, and Christian Slater, but the acting is mediocre at best. Cage particularly feels out of place, as he plays an antihero. And stereotypes abound throughout the film, giving an artificial tone to a lot of scenes. Still, the action is pretty good and there are some nice character moments. Though it's flawed, Windtalkers presents an interesting perspective on island warfare.

• Panta O

  
  This soulless and empty war film does not lack action... there is plenty of it, as well as there are plenty of historical inaccuracies... Directed by John Woo with Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater as stars a film about two US Marine sergeants assigned to protect Navajo code talkers… More
  This soulless and empty war film does not lack action... there is plenty of it, as well as there are plenty of historical inaccuracies... Directed by John Woo with Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater as stars a film about two US Marine sergeants assigned to protect Navajo code talkers (Adam Beach and Roger Willie) in Saipan during World War II is watchable, but at the end you'll ask yourself, "Why did I watch this?" No real deal in it! The only reason could be my interest in history and anthropology... Navajo was an attractive choice for code use because only few people outside the Navajo themselves had ever learned to speak the language - virtually no books in Navajo had ever been published (sad fact for me). But the film concentrates more on the two protectors than on the Navajo code talkers, and that wasn't very interesting - both "white" characters were struggling with the battlefield clichés and lack of a good screenplay... Petty! P.S. The film reportedly cost $115 million, but made only just under $41 million at the US box-office and a combined $77.6 million worldwide... I thought even that is too much!

• Grant B

  
  john woo just isn't a great director.... it started out really great, but went downhill pretty quick

• Joseph E

  
  I know it wasn't a spectacular tribute to the Code Talkers, but If all it was , was "Drama, and Suntitles, most would haven't of even cared, let alone even watched it at all. This film, by "An ACtion Director(The One who did the super hit"Face/Off), made it… More
  I know it wasn't a spectacular tribute to the Code Talkers, but If all it was , was "Drama, and Suntitles, most would haven't of even cared, let alone even watched it at all. This film, by "An ACtion Director(The One who did the super hit"Face/Off), made it alot more than that, and for me, it was all you could expect!

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