Disappointingly bad

Rating: 3/10 (3 September 2017)

This movie theoretically has a lot going for it-- John Woo can direct the hell out of action sequences, Nicholas Cage is a good/entertaining actor, and the premise of the movie holds potential. That's why it's ultimately all that much more disappointing when Windtalkers turns out the way that it does. The action is flat, the story is riddled with tired war movie clichés, and Nicholas Cage is utterly un-engaging for the first two thirds of the movie, and only becomes slightly more likable in the last third. On top of that, the movie is looooonng. It isn't like it's going to give you dysentery if you *have* to watch it like we did, but saying that is basically the textbook definition of damning with faint praise. Don't watch.
"Why would anyone *have* to watch Windtalkers", you may be asking yourself. That's a good question, and the answer is (in our case, at least) because it was the movie we selected totally at random in the fourth episode of our podcast, Tara and Andrew Versus The Scarecrow Video Movie Guide. You can hear our more detailed thoughts on Windtalkers by finding us on Apple Podcasts or the podcasting app of your preference, or by going directly to the episode page right here: https://www.taraandandrewversus.com/blog/2017/8/20/episode-4- windtalkers. Check it out, if you would be so kind! We try to keep things fairly concise, so even if you're sorry you listened, you won't be VERY sorry.