Had an original and decent storyline but...

Rating: 4/10 (21 July 2015)

OK, I'll try to be fair here - this movie had a decent plot (or at least original idea) and could've been a very solid movie... It clearly had a good budget to match, 2 boxes ticked very early on.
Unfortunately the rest kind of went to pot. Apart from the performances of Adam Beach and Mark Ruffalo, the acting was awful - from Nicholas Cage to the extras, from the delivery of lines to the deaths. The acting was very robotic and the cast might as well have had the script on screen with them.
This leads me on to the inevitable shooting, killing, explosions, gun fire and blood... Now we've all seen Saving Private Ryan (if you haven't that is the War movie you must watch), so we've seen how special effects can, and are meant, to be done. Windtalkers gets that completely wrong. The blood looks more paint like than in Get Carter (a movie 30 years older), the unfortunate loss of limbs look plastic and the aimless shooting/ spraying of bullets (but still hitting targets) becomes evident right from the off. To top it off, Windtalkers uses the same explosion throughout the movie - whether it's for mortar fire, artillery guns, grenades or even landlines... Same explosion!
It feels like they try to put in a lot of, relatively unnecessary, action to take the focus away from the diabolical acting... Unfortunately the actions scenes aren't much better.
Pro's: Good and original idea/ storyline Adam Beach Mark Ruffalo A lot of action and variety of weapons
Cons: Didn't fulfil potential Poor acting from all other actors Bad special effects Didn't give a realistic insight on World War 2 or keep you glued to the screen throughout.
My thoughts: A disappointment overall unfortunately, I would've really liked to see the movie succeed.
Suggestions to watch (WW2 American movies/ shows): Saving Private Ryan
Fury
Band of Brothers
Flags of Our Fathers (American view)/ Letters of Iwo Jima (Japanse view)