| Windtalkers Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: C) |
| "Your job is to protect the code."
Windtalkers is a startlingly poor war movie from action meistro John Woo,
patronizing and melodramatic. In fairness, Woo, whose American credits
include Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2 has never been known...more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 5/10) |
| CAPSULE: John Woo's WINDTALKERS is inspired by the true
story of Navaho code talkers in World War II. It is an
attempt to make a standard "minority in the military" war
film with Woo's brand of violence. The real code talkers...more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| WINDTALKERS (2002)
Rated PG-13; running time 118 minutes
Studio: Universal Pictures
Genre: Action
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.mgm.com/windtalkers/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0245562
Written by: Joe...more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: C) |
| During WWII, the Navajo language was used as the
basis of a communications code that was so
successful that it remained unbreakable and
helped turn the tide of the Pacific conflict.
"Windtalkers" would have you believe that it
wants to bring to light...more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C) |
| WINDTALKERS (director: John Woo; screenwriters: John Rice/Joe Batteer;
cinematographer: Jeffrey L. Kimball; editors: Jeff Gullo/Steven Kemper/Tom Rolf;
music: James Horner; cast: Nicolas Cage (Sergeant Joe Enders), Adam Beach
(Private Ben Yahzee),...more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten
MGM
Director: John Woo
Writer: John Rice, Joe Batteer
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Christian Slater, Peter
Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van Holt, Martin
Henderson, Roger Willie, Frances O'Connor, James...more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by David Levine (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| Action is John Woo’s middle name. After directing frenetic flicks such as
Mission: Impossible II, Face/Off, and Broken Arrow, I knew we would get enough
bombs, blood and broken body parts to give his WWII drama Windtalkers an
accurate feel. But the...more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Edward Johnson-Ott |
| Windtalkers (2002)
Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo,
Christian Slater, Roger Willie, Frances O'Connor. Music by James Horner.
Screenplay by John Rice, Joe Batteer. Directed by John Woo. 134 minutes.
Rated R. more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: C+) |
| In 1942 hundreds of American Navajos were recruited to outwit Japanese
code breakers by transmitting in a new cipher based on their native language.
Marines were assigned to protect these men for two reasons - some U.S. soldiers more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
| In the first months of the fight for the South Pacific during World War II
the Japanese successfully broke every code the Americans possessed,
drastically slowing the advance of Marine forces. Several hundred Navajo
Americans were recruited into the...more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 2/4) |
| WINDTALKERS (2002) 2 stars out of 4. Starring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach,
Christian Slater, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van
Holt, Martin Henderson, Roger Willie and Frances O' Connor. Music by
James Horner. Written by John Rice &...more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Harry Caul (Rating: 5/10) |
| Starring: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Christian Slater,
Noah Emmerich, Emily Mortimer
Directed by: John Woo
Written by: Joe Batteer, John Rice
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release year: 2002 more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| There's nothing like a remake to generate strong box office results. In
WINDTALKERS, director John Woo (FACE/OFF) has apparently remade TO HELL AND BACK
with Nicolas Cage taking on the Audie Murphy role. The World War II film is a
rousing saga in which...more |
| Windtalkers Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 5/10) |
| If you want to see a good war film directed by John Woo, hunt down his 1990
Hong Kong offering called Bullet in the Head. But if you've been hankering
for a disappointing Woo-helmed battle flick, then Windtalkers will be right
up your dimwitted alley....more |
