Worst war movie in recent history

Rating: 2/10 (7 January 2007)

The action sequences in this movie are corny, unrealistic, and just downright stupid. Others have already made the point that this movie had little or nothing to do with the factual/historical "windtalkers" so I won't elaborate on that subject. Instead, i'd rather warn all veterans to stay away from this garbage because you'll be terribly disappointed.
Just a few of the long list of stupid stuff: 1. Cage, whose primary job is to make certain his Navajo radio operator doesn't fall into enemy hands, stands up, leaves his RTO, and assaults a few hundred Japanese with only a Thompson and a couple grenades.
2. When grenades in this film explode, huge orange balls of burning gasoline shoot into the air. Heck, when anything explodes huge gasoline fires erupt into the air. Grenades also have some magical ability to completely destroy any armored vehicle instantly. (No I don't mean AFTER the 55gal drum of petrol incinerates the target, I mean the instant the gas ignites) The gas doesn't actually have to burn the tank, just explode next to it and suddenly the tank lurches to a halt.
3. The only 'japs' in this movie that can hit the broad side of a barn are the ones shooting at someone OTHER than Nicholas Cage.
4. Since all movies have to have a romance angle, they came up with one that has to be the most improbable of all time -- After meeting some nurse while in an Army hospital, she shows up to meet Cage at a Tiki bar on the Island where the Marines are fighting. Yep, one minute they're fighting Japs in the jungles and the next they're wearing Hawaiian shirts and ordering drinks w/ little umbrellas in a bar. Next morning, they're back to fighting again. The entire romance angle was contrived and stupidly presented.
This is a 'War Movie' for people who have never spent one day in uniform. The entire plot, scheme, whatever you call it is absurd. The special effects are worse than anything I've ever seen anywhere. Too bad too, because the real story of the WWII contributions of native Americans is truly incredible and needs to be told.