Seen all this before. 6/10

Rating: 6/10 (18 June 2002)

And here we are again, with yet another war film, in a year that seems to be plagued with them. Windtalkers isn't a bad film, in fact, had it been released a few years ago, I'm sure it would have been greeted with open arms by critics and audiences alike. However, Windtalkers has the misfortune of having to follow far superior and similar films: Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers. We've seen all this before, and with Windtalkers there is no longer the horror of war, but instead it is growing quite boring.
I liked many parts of this film. The action is fantastic; Cage is great, as is the whole cast. The problem is, we've seen all this before, and it is growing tiring. Wait for this one on video, or a couple of years, when war films are no longer trendy, and you might find something special in this film.