Powerful and Well-Done!

Rating: 10/10 (16 June 2002)

I was lucky enough to see this movie when it premiered in Hollywood on the 11, and I was thoroughly impressed by what I saw. John Woo did a tremendous job making a realistic war scene. Adam Beach is so incredibly awesome in this movie as Pvt. Ben Yahzee, I mean by the end his performance just moved me beyond belief! I'm so glad for him too because this movie is going to be a big break. If you like him in this movie and you haven't seen his other movie "Smoke Signals" you really should. Nicolas Cage did a really good job in the movie too playing the war-weary Sgt. Joe Enders who is assigned to protect the code. I had the honor of meeting several of the actual code talkers who were in town for the premiere and they all said they really liked the movie and that it was really accurate. They also said that they were glad it came out so that their heroic deeds during the war could finally be told. If you haven't seen this movie you should, the Native American spirituality scenes in this movie are amazing, I love it! It's a heart-wrenching story of honor and friendship.