Oh no, you cannot be serious!!!

Rating: Null/10 (11 August 2002)

OK, I like John Woo films, love action/war films and read the reviews before seeing a preview of this. They warned of the weaknesses so I was not surprised by what I saw (well not that much).
This has some dreadful acting, terrible scripting, cringe making "bonding" scenes and some of the best battle sequences you will ever see.
Generally, I expect more from these actors and director. There are some terribly handled slow scenes trying to flesh the plot but they are awful. No real story about how the code worked or anything and it is factually very inaccurate.
They should have cut about 15 minutes of the crap stuff and it would have been better. As it is, you are moving between laughable stuff (not funny) and amazing battle scenes. At one point you think it has improved and then they throw in a duet between one of the Windtalkers and Christian Slater. WHY!
Out of 10 I would give it 2 for acting 9 for action. Overall, about 6.