One of John Woo's finest works

Rating: 9/10 (2 February 2013)

Terrific war movie. And very underrated. Great ensemble cast and even better director. This is one of favorite John Woo movies and Nicolas cage too. Story is kinda stiff and movie itself could be little longer. It tells the story about Navaho Indians who use their native language as important code use during WWII on island called Saipan. Two marines (Cage and Slater) are assigned to protected them as the code must not fall into enemy's (Japanese)hands.Action is greatly built, fast-paced, typical John Woo style, lots of explosions and well choreographed ballistic shootouts. Music fades in the movies nicely. Few emotional moments here and there, especially at the end.
One of best WWII and 2002 films.