It is a "Winder" by a Split Decision

Rating: 7/10 (22 November 2002)

I am going to talk about Director John Woo's war film `Windtalkers', and please do not break my wind. This battle movie is based on the true story of how the Navajo Indians helped Americans with their language for code-breaking in World War 2. Nicolas Cage stars as the marine who is recruited to protect a `family man' Navajo Indian and the code. Nicolas or should we call him `marries with presley' was a bit middling as a war marine. However, I do have to `bow' my head for Chief Cage for broadening his acting horizons by acting in his first war flick. Adam Beach, who plays the Navajo Indian, portrayed his character in a candy-coated tone that tried to hard to convince audiences that he was no `son of a beach'. Some of the formulaic elements of `Windtalkers' were too irksome for me. However, the affectionate manifestation of the appreciation of the Navajo Indians with their masterful language is what made `Windtalkers' one film that you will not stop talking about. **** Good