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Movie critics combined give Windtalkers (2002) a score of 2.5220 out of 4
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for Plugged InPlugged In
Enders’ battle with the ethics of his orders provides unique insights into Jesus’ eternal words, "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." The horror of war drives Enders to the point of welcoming death as a path ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Plugged In
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for VideoVista VideoVista
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Kate Silver)Las Vegas Weekly (Kate Silver)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.47 out of 4 stars for Cinopsis Cinopsis
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.47 out of 4 stars for DVDRAMADVDRAMA
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.46 out of 4 stars for Fetal Film Report - WindtalkersFetal Film Report - Windtalkers
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.45 out of 4 stars for Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.44 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.43 out of 4 stars for CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Mariela Bernardini)CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Mariela Bernardini)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.43 out of 4 stars for Off-screen Off-screen
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Netflix (James Rocchi)Netflix (James Rocchi)
Inspired by true events, this war-is-hell action drama from John Woo is a failed epic that doesn't rise to meet the material that inspired it. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Although too simplistic, overly melodramatic and psychologically underdeveloped to be a great movie, Windtalkers is a perfectly good one. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ Data (--)ShowBIZ Data (--)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Daily-Reviews (Stephen Cooke)Daily-Reviews (Stephen Cooke)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
An old-fashioned war movie that mires in mediocrity. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Muller)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Mediasharx (Dustin Gast)Mediasharx (Dustin Gast)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Someone needs to break it to Nicolas Cage that World War II is over. First, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, now Windtalkers. And while Windtalkers has some things going for it, it's ultimately just another war picture tarted-up in ever-gorier effects. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (David Grove)Film Threat (David Grove)
This is the kind of film where you think you can predict everything that’s going to happen upon the first shot and you spend the rest of the film praying that you’re wrong. But it’s fun getting there. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Film Threat (David Grove)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.39 out of 4 stars for CinemaZone.dkCinemaZone.dk
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.38 out of 4 stars for cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.30 out of 4 stars for El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for Apollo Guide (Scott Renshaw)Apollo Guide (Scott Renshaw)
Windtalkers is an important film. It is important because it tells a long-ignored story, about the Second World War-era Navajo “code-talkers” whose language became the basis for a code the Japanese could not decipher. And perhaps because it is so ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Apollo Guide (Scott Renshaw)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.14 out of 4 stars for Xi-online (Edward van der Lugt)Xi-online (Edward van der Lugt)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
In Windtalkers, one of the most fascinating stories of World War II falls prey to the White Man Syndrome. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Leighton Klein)Boston Globe (Leighton Klein)
Woo wanted the film to be realistic, and it is. The violence is unrelenting, the uniforms are dirty and mismatched, the weapons are shiny from use, the soldiers are exhausted, sick, sad. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Boston Globe (Leighton Klein)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for La Presse, Montréal (--)La Presse, Montréal (--)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
By my count, there are four separate films unspooling here. Individually, given half a chance, any one of them might have been good; but collectively, squeezed together and underdeveloped, they don't really add up. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Even if you're not squeamish you might leave with a concussion migraine. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
The script is riddled with so many cliches, you count on the battle scenes to wake you from your stupor. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Snack Bar (Adam J. Hakari)Snack Bar (Adam J. Hakari)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Snack Bar (Adam J. Hakari)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Has some pulse-quickening moments, but it's never fully engaging -- possibly because the premise is phony. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Redundant action sequences and character types that have largely worn out their welcome. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
One thing that should be taught in Film Criticism 101 is that a fascinating subject does not necessarily guarantee a fascinating movie -- and the new film Windtalkers would be an excellent case in point. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)
Saving Private Ryan made World War II compelling for a new generation of moviegoers. Windtalkers marches out so many cliches that it just may have the opposite effect. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Mecca (--)Movie Mecca (--)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
The only time Windtalkers doesn't go by the book is when Woo feels compelled to remind in-the-know moviegoers that he's John Woo: birds artfully flapping their wings, grass swaying, blood spurting, Joe staring soulfully into his personal abyss. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Steven Rosen)Denver Post (Steven Rosen)
I wish Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story. This would have been better than the fiction it has concocted, and there still could have been room for the war scenes. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Denver Post (Steven Rosen)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
This is a great subject for a movie, but Hollywood has squandered the opportunity, using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director John Woo has built his career on. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
Some of the most ravaging, gut-wrenching, frightening war scenes since "Saving Private Ryan" have been recreated by John Woo in this little-known story of Native Americans and their role in the second great war. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Windtalkers fascinates in its difference from other war films, and overkills in its similarity to other combat movies. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
The star turns by Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach are, ultimately, what is worth seeing. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Dave Tianen)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Dave Tianen)
Unfortunately, contrived plotting, stereotyped characters and Woo's over-the-top instincts as a director undermine the moral dilemma at the movie's heart. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Dave Tianen)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
What ultimately makes Windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for This is Lancashire (--)This is Lancashire (--)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Weekly (Jim Shelby)Palo Alto Weekly (Jim Shelby)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Scott Chitwood)ComingSoon.net (Scott Chitwood)
Uses every war movie cliché in the book. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at ComingSoon.net (Scott Chitwood)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide (Ken Fox)
The movie deals superficially with Native American pride and racism in the ranks, but it's hardly about the codetalkers at all: Neither Woo nor the screenwriting team of Joe Batteer and John Rice seem to appreciate the bitter irony in a Native American ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The Navajo code talkers have waited a long time to have their story told. Too bad it appears here merely as a gimmick in an action picture. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for DigitalVD.de (Patrick Fiekers)DigitalVD.de (Patrick Fiekers)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Bob BloomBob Bloom
Not that Windtalkers is a disaster. On the contrary, the movie is visually arresting, due primarliy to the fact that it was directed by the gifted John Woo who can transform the movie screen into cinematic poetry.But Woo is short circuited by the script ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Bob Bloom
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Windtalkers is a startlingly poor war movie from action meistro John Woo, patronizing and melodramatic. In fairness, Woo, whose American credits include Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2 has never been known for understated conflict, but he is renowned ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar CineasteCinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Windtalkers is disappointing, though not bad. Woo’s action scenes are actually quite effective. They bypass your brain and hit you in the gut. But if that’s the only reason to see Windtalkers, then a lot of talent and one great premise have ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
John Woo ("Mission Impossible II") is a fine action film director, but he needed more substantial story and characters to hang the action on. The screenplay, by John Rice and Joe Batteer ("Blown Away") lacks both. As critic Eric D. Snider once wrote, ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
World War II at its most boring. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
There is exactly one shot in Windtalkers that's vintage John Woo: a digital butterfly flutters above a muggy stream in the Solomon Islands before the water turns bloody from the corpse of a floating soldier. If Woo feared that his signature, lyrical ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Slant Magazine
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Know how to tell if a war movie is mediocre? An outspoken bigot, usually a Southerner, abuses a patient member of an oppressed minority -- the Asian recruit, the African American or, in the case of Windtalkers, a pair of Navajo men from Arizona in his ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
The mouthwatering prospect of Woo doing war has belly-flopped into a lacklustre epic which, while fudging its points about morality and loyalty in combat, also renders the spectacle decidedly underwhelming. Lots of action and explosions for the ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"Windtalkers" comes advertised as the saga of how Navajo Indians used their language to create an unbreakable code that helped win World War II in the Pacific. That's a fascinating, ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
* I refuse to use the inaccurate spelling of “Yahzee” that the film uses in the credits. The Navajos do not spell this common name that way (it means “little” in English) and there were at least three Yazzies who served as Codetalkers. Woo's ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Nesbit)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
It is a story which deserves to be told... but told better than it is in this film. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
The script is riddled with so many clichés, you count on the battle scenes to wake you from your stupor. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Review by Mark Dujsik John Woo is a master of the now clichéd concept of "violence as ballet." To watch a shootout in a Woo film is to see all the tricks pulled out as countless bad guys are mowed down in a hail of bullets without a care in ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
For all this potential, and the appealing presence of Nicolas Cage and newcomer Adam Beach, Windtalkers remains almost obstinately flat. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Despite some feints in a soulful direction, the picture has none of the interior quality of a multifaceted war film like Terrence Malick's "The Thin Red Line." Woo is all about elegant surfaces, not inner conflicts. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
We can only view Windtalkers with the same shaken detachment that characterizes Mr. Cage's Joe Enders, wishing that the codetalkers' real story, a little known and fascinating chunk of American history, had been given its true dramatic import. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)
Christian Slater and Roger Willie in Windtalkers.John Woo does amazing things with guns, explosions and hurling bodies. In his Hong Kong/kung fu film days, or even back just one movie in Mission Impossible II, Woo's extended fight sequences were at the ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jim Shelby)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Scott Weinberg)DVD Talk (Scott Weinberg)
A couple of cool jolts and a few tips of the hat to cinematographer Jeffrey Kimball save this one from being a total disaster. Windtalkers is strictly a 'going-through-the-motions' motion picture product, one that's entirely beholden to earlier (and ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at DVD Talk (Scott Weinberg)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Not all it might have been, an oddly old-fashioned film from a director who's usually anything but. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
The battle sequences are exceptional--one expects nothing less from Woo, and he delivers. By themselves they provide almost enough of a raison d'être for Windtalkers. Then again, there have been quite a few films recently (ever since Saving Private Ryan ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at AboutFilm.com (Carlo Cavagna)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
That the Chuck Norris "grenade gag" occurs about 7 times during Windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
The code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Movie Marshal (Paul Boschen)Movie Marshal (Paul Boschen)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Woo's mainstreaming his vision here, and though Windtalkers has its moments of precious, awful clarity, it can't hold a candle to the man's earlier blood-soaked balletics. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
In the studied excess of his Hong Kong action movies, Woo's swooning sentimentality plays like grand opera. With its dogged Hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood, Windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for The University Daily (Texas Tech University) (James Eppler)The University Daily (Texas Tech University) (James Eppler)
There are only a certain number of ways that something can blow up. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The University Daily (Texas Tech University) (James Eppler)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Woo isn't really the right man to tell this particular story. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)
It resuscitates a neglected slice of World War II history (the use of Navajo tribesmen as secret-code radiomen) only to smother it with clichés and repetitive massacres. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Screen It! (Jim Judy)Screen It! (Jim Judy)
Simply put, there's not enough story. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Screen It! (Jim Judy)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
We can only view Windtalkers with the same shaken detachment that characterizes Mr. Cage's Joe Enders, wishing that the codetalkers' real story, a little known and fascinating chunk of American history, had been given its true dramatic import. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Variety (Robert Koehler)Variety (Robert Koehler)
A powerful premise turned into a stubbornly flat, derivative war movie. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Variety (Robert Koehler)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (Olly Richards)Empire Magazine (Olly Richards)
What should be a moving story with spectacular battle scenes by one of the world's greatest action directors is a huge let-down. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Empire Magazine (Olly Richards)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Slate (David Edelstein)Slate (David Edelstein)
Woo could end up becoming the John Ford of schmaltz. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Slate (David Edelstein)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for The Movie Insider (Kyle Smith)The Movie Insider (Kyle Smith)
There is a brief scene in the film where the camera drifts off and points over to a lake, where a small flock of seagulls rest, and then ascend. It's a sad, sad day when John Woo's trademark doves, birds which embody beauty and death, are replaced by ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The Movie Insider (Kyle Smith)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for The Popkorn JunkieThe Popkorn Junkie
So, this is my final plea: go see something else. Avoid this immense waste of time and catch something with some substance to it, something that doesn't look like it was through together at the last minute like some dinner party stew. Maybe John Woo ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The Popkorn Junkie
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for kvikmyndir.comkvikmyndir.com
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
The biggest casualty of war is Woo's trademark grace and choreography, which receive fatal gunshot wounds and are left to die on the battlefield. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Eclipse Magazine (Sean O'Connell)
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Overall Rating:
2.6090
Windtalkers (2002) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
Avg Critic Score:
2.5220
Windtalkers (2002) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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