Windtalkers gets lost in an updraft.

Rating: 1/10 (19 October 2002)

Leave it to John Woo to rely on special effects to pull a movie
though. As far as war epics are concern this is right at the bottom next to
Pearl Harbor. Nic Cage was wrong for the part and John Woo was wrong for the
director. The only people that pull this movie through is Adam
Beach & Roger Willie the two Navajo soldiers. But aside from those two the movie is just one big cliche of past
war movies. There's the racist guy(Chick played by Noah Emmerich) who later
learns to deal with his feelings. The man who keeps talking about
his wife that obviously dies and many more to mention. The movie may be based on true stories but it is a little
unbelievable and some of the scenes are historicaly inaccurate. When I say inaccurate I mean the realism of weaponry. The
grenades explosions were to big, to much smoke coming off the
mortars, and again many more to count. This movie has it's moments but there two far spread a part to
enjoy. Watch it to catch goofs. But if it's a war movie your looking for stick
with "Saving Pvt. Ryan" "The Thin Red Line" "Sands of Iwo Jima"
etc. I do not recommend this movie. It's not worth anyones time.