A war movie I cared about.

Rating: 6/10 (21 December 2002)

In the past 2 years, there as been a glutny of war movies to hit the big screen-ENEMYS AT THE GATE,BLACKHAWK DOWN,WE WERE SOLDIERS,ETC. In my opinion, I could'nt get into those movies because I did not care about the characters enough to escape into the movie(WE WERE SOLDIERS is an exception,but barley). Now comes WINDTALKERS- an under-rated war film from John Woo. I agree that the film does not score points on being original, but neither are the films I mentioned above(yes, I know -some of these are based on true stories).
What I enjoyed most about the movie, was the characters and their situations. These are people I cared about and could relate to in some form or fashion. I got sucked into their problems. Isn't that one reason we go to the movies? To get away from our problems and see someone else's for a couple of hours, and to also hope to relate to the characters?
The big credit goes to the writers of this film, who created sympathetic characters, and sucked this moviegoer into an entertaining and endearing war movie. 8 out of 10.