More of an action film...

Rating: Null/10 (3 January 2003)

John Woo can direct action films, John Woo cannot direct war films. The action scenes of Windtalkers are typical in action films, but the nitty gritty of real war is not there. There are many explosions with fireballs but that is something we come to expect in Mission Impossible 2 but not in the post-Saving Private Ryan war genre. The character which has the most depth is Sgt Enders, played by Nic Cage. He is a grizzled warrior who has to look after Adam Beach's Ben Yahzee. But the film detracts when there are the cliche characters which should not have been added.
John Woo could have created a great war film based on an interesting synopsis which has not been done before, but fails. This is the type of films which war veterans hate.