More Hollywood Garbage

Rating: 3/10 (20 May 2006)

The real shame of this movie is there is a great story about the Navajo codetalkers. This movie has little to do with them. Instead it's about Nicholas Cage's angst.
Nicholas - I'm just letting you know that I changed my name from Coppola so I wouldn't get any special treatment - Cage did some decent stuff a few years ago: Valley Girl, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Vampire's Kiss, Wild at Heart. In the last he was on the edge; after that he just stopped trying. Since then he gets by with 2-3 facial expressions and doesn't do much more. He's the same guy in every movie: he stares meaningfully at the camera and doesn't talk much until he's ready to act.
So Windtalkers: Here he's a tough Marine who has an amazing ability to dodge bullets & explosive bits while the folks around him are shredded. And bayoneted - whew, I'd never seen so many people killed with a bayonet.
If you like WWII stories that involve blood, explosions, death, more death, and lots of knife/bayonet action, you may like it. Don't expect anything of a story or plot. Don't expect even a line of good dialogue. And look away when the Marines are overrun by a regiment-sized sneak attack on their secured position.