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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 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Woo's fights have a distinct flair. His warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (Lisa Stokes)Orlando Weekly (Lisa Stokes)
Windtalkers celebrates the human spirit and packs an emotional wallop. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Orlando Weekly (Lisa Stokes)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
Woo-Vision is in full force ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at KBTV-NBC (Beaumont, TX) (Danny Minton)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
For anyone in the mood for an unusual kind of war movie, Windtalkers is talking your language. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Eleanor Ringel Gillespie)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Despite some of the sentimentality that is also Woo's stock-in-trade, I was moved and absorbed throughout. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
It's the best new battle film since "Black Hawk Down," a movie it surpasses in sheer feeling and bravura style, if not in nightmarish panic and suspense. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Reel.comReel.com
Windtalkers ' greatest victory, though, is off the battlefield. One gets a real sense of camaraderie; it seems believable that even though Enders has orders to kill Yahzee, these men would still fight to the last to save each other. Isn't that what ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Reel.com
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Susan GrangerSusan Granger
Dour Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is warweary, suffering serious eardrum damage and posttraumatic stress. Yet his devotion to duty propels him back into battling the Japanese in the Saipan invasion, where he's partnered with friendly yet fearful Ben Yahzee ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Susan Granger
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Tracksounds! (Christopher Coleman)Tracksounds! (Christopher Coleman)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movies for GuysMovies for Guys
However, credit where it is due, John Woo really did a great job with these action sequences. It doesn't do quite as well as ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Movies for Guys
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Movie ChicksThe Movie Chicks
During World War II, the Japanese were breaking every code the US military came up with. In 1942, a new code based on the Navajo language was developed and Navajo Indians were recruited into the Marines as code talkers. Joe Enders (Nicolas ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The Movie Chicks
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The King's Room (Paul Perkins)The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
When you see a film with Nicolas Cage and Director John Woo you know you are in for an action packed movie.  Let me tell you everyone will not be disappointment.  In World War 2, the Japanese were continually able to break encrypted military ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
I shouldn't let talk of the spiritual or male bonding get in the way, as "Windtalkers" is most certainly a war film. Battle scenes are Woo's specialty, and this film features some wildly expressive set pieces of war. Forgoing the usual tightly ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
This is certainly an exciting movie; director Woo has little trouble executing the reality of the horror and racheting up the tension. I wish there had been more time spent on the Navajo code and less on graphic violence, and Cage's characterization was ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.35 out of 4 stars for Bad Movie NightBad Movie Night
Since World War II has long been a staple of Hollywood, the latest war movies require some sort of a novel twist (Private Ryan: The rescue of one soldier for PR purposes / Tuskeegee Airmen: The black air warriors / etc). Windtalker's twist is that it ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Bad Movie Night
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.33 out of 4 stars for DVDnett.noDVDnett.no
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.32 out of 4 stars for Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Cage is superb as a hollowed-out, ferocious man of action chasing his demons recklessly with machine gun firing away. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.28 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVD Clinic ("Jason Coleman")DVD Clinic ("Jason Coleman")
Its the story of Navajo Indians, recruited to learn a wartime code that the Japanese could not break. Its also the story of the soldiers who are assigned to protect them, but whose real orders are much more direct and morbid - protect the code. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at DVD Clinic ("Jason Coleman")
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Moda Magazine (Katherine Brodsky)Moda Magazine (Katherine Brodsky)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for CinemaSpeak.com (Ryan Kugler)CinemaSpeak.com (Ryan Kugler)
John Woo, a hugely successful Hong Kong director who made the jump to Hollywood a decade ago, has had a hit and miss career ever since. His first American effort was the Van Damme vehicle Hard Target, toned-down Woo yes, but a hell of an action movie ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at CinemaSpeak.com (Ryan Kugler)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for UpcomingDiscs.com (Aric Mitchell)UpcomingDiscs.com (Aric Mitchell)
Hollywood can sometimes be so enthused to cash in on a certain type of film many decent projects looking to explore a worthwhile subject topple under the weight of the cash-grabbing, money-hungry throng. Such is the case with Director John Woo's ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (Aric Mitchell)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for UpcomingDiscs.com (David Williams)UpcomingDiscs.com (David Williams)
Reviewers Note: I reviewed this film earlier in its previous single-disc edition from MGM and after watching the new cut, I still feel very strongly about my initial reactions and therefore, I'm going to recycle the FILM portion of my old review. (The ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at UpcomingDiscs.com (David Williams)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for DVD Clinic ("The Arrow")DVD Clinic ("The Arrow")
During the1944 allied invasion of the Japanese island of Saipan, two Americans, unstable Enders (Cage) and nice guy Anderson (Slater) are assigned to baby-sit two Navajo Code Talkers on the field. Code Talkers are Navajo US soldiers, who know a code ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at DVD Clinic ("The Arrow")
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for ESpy.ca (Jayson Hopkins)ESpy.ca (Jayson Hopkins)
First of all we need to clarify that Wind Talkers is not a true story. It is loosely based on the events and experiences of soldiers involved with US military when it began using the Navajo language as a code. The problem was that American ground forces ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at ESpy.ca (Jayson Hopkins)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.22 out of 4 stars for Nehring The EdgeNehring The Edge
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.22 out of 4 stars for Moovees.com (Jay Tierney)Moovees.com (Jay Tierney)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Well matched both to the material and each other, Cage and Beach capture Windtalkers' true struggle, the fight to hold on to values like honor, friendship, and tenderness in an environment that demands otherwise. This is as much a Woo trademark as the ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Keith Phipps)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
Buena, pero....Woo pudo haberlo logrado, pero pequeños detalles y errores marcan la diferencia entre una gran cinta y un clásico de género. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Woo, the modern master of action violence, gives the battle scenes the explosive intensity you'd expect. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (Jack Garner)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Windtalkers is the best of Woo's American movies, and the one with the sturdiest and most direct links to his earlier pictures. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
[Woo] doesn't reinvent the war film with Windtalkers . But he does capitalize on the post- Private Ryan trend toward showing combat at its most brutal and personal. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.17 out of 4 stars for UTK Daily Beacon (Greg Tershansy)UTK Daily Beacon (Greg Tershansy)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.13 out of 4 stars for Fulvue Drive-inFulvue Drive-in
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.13 out of 4 stars for Reel Criticism - Honest Reviews!Reel Criticism - Honest Reviews!
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.12 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Howe)Washington Post (Desson Howe)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.12 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.10 out of 4 stars for Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.10 out of 4 stars for A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.09 out of 4 stars for BeyondHollywood.comBeyondHollywood.com
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.08 out of 4 stars for DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.08 out of 4 stars for Movies for GuysMovies for Guys
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.08 out of 4 stars for FilmHobbit.com - Windtalkers Preview ReviewFilmHobbit.com - Windtalkers Preview Review
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.08 out of 4 stars for Movie RoundtableMovie Roundtable
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.07 out of 4 stars for Almost Fabulous Movie ReviewsAlmost Fabulous Movie Reviews
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.07 out of 4 stars for DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.07 out of 4 stars for dvdfuture.com (George Castillo)dvdfuture.com (George Castillo)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.05 out of 4 stars for DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
Sergeant Joe Enders (Nicholas Cage) is a Marine decorated with all kinds of honors, medals, and awards, but his most important mission lies ahead. After some trickery on his medical exams, the usually by the book soldier is allowed to return to service, ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.04 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (David Levine)filmcritic.com (David Levine)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.03 out of 4 stars for hip online hip online
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.02 out of 4 stars for Reviewguy Online (Sean Chandler)Reviewguy Online (Sean Chandler)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
A powerful and involving film that bears the unmistakeable imprint of the greatest action director of our time. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Andrew Howe)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
The U.S. government's use of Navajo Marines to transmit encrypted military information during the Pacific battles of World War II is one of those amazing, little-known sidebar stories of wartime ingenuity, patriotism, and bravery on which victory ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Entertainment Weekly
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Melanie McFarland)Seattle Times (Melanie McFarland)
This is one of the most intensely personal war films you will ever see. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Seattle Times (Melanie McFarland)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Despite the movie's overly simplistic view of the bigotry the Navajos faced in the military ... Windtalkers speaks of a love between men who have come to a place willing to die together. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Bruce Newman)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Earlier this year you couldn't move in cinemas without bumping into a war-themed movie of some kind, whether it was the shooty-shooty-bang-bang likes of Black Hawk Down, the blood-spattered 'drama' (with extra added gore!) of We Were Soldiers or the ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Its tough to get worked up after watching superior films like Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers . ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Forrest Hartman)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Too often war movies are just about the violence. The characters are just stereotypes between action scenes. Here, the two leads grow from the experience. Although Saving Private Ryan is a great war movie, it does not have the character development of ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
There have been a substantial number of comments claiming that Windtalkers contains no satisfying theme. These accounts are simply inaccurate at every level. While the score on the album does not introduce the theme until about eight ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic ReviewseFilmCritic Reviews
Based on a true story, Windtalkers explores a fascinating but little know bit of World War II history about a group of Navajoâs recruited by the marines to translate a code based on their language. The code was so valuable that each âWindtalkerâ ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ToxicUniverse.com (John Beachem)ToxicUniverse.com (John Beachem)
Theres not much to Windtalkers. Like its score, its big, loud, obtrusive, and soulless. It tries to make ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (John Beachem)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Strip "Windtalkers" of all its excess debris and you've got a 90-minute, four-star film. As it is, it's too long and too unfocused. The trend continues: Movies have original ideas, but they get scared and retreat to familiar, heavily trod territory. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents a film directed by John Woo. Written by John Rice and Joe Batteer. Running time: 134 minutes. Rated R (for pervasive graphic war violence, and for language). John Woo's Windtalkers , starring Nicolas Cage, Adam ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Reel Movie Critic (Pam Singleton)Reel Movie Critic (Pam Singleton)
The solemnity of Navajo land, where Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) says goodbye to his family, gives way to close hand to hand combat in the Solomon Islands, where the enemy springs from the underbrush. A fierce and bloody fight takes place and in the hail of ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Reel Movie Critic (Pam Singleton)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Daily-Reviews.com (Stephen Cooke)Daily-Reviews.com (Stephen Cooke)
MGM's DVD of Windtalkers is a bare-bones affair, with only a handful of trailers as extras, but it's been announced that a more deluxe edition is on the way, so it's probably best to leave this disc on the shelf for now, or pick it up as a rental to ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Daily-Reviews.com (Stephen Cooke)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
The history is fascinating; the action is dazzling. They just don't work in concert. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie VoiceFilm Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Windtalkers arrives with the same based on a true story tag that has sunk many films that came before it and usually leaves the audience wishing that it wasn't based on a true story. Can you imagine Windtalkers director John Woo preparing for a ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Packs a strong amount of firepower--not only in terms of pyrotechnics, but also in emotional impact. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Windtalkers is the real deal and fans of those old school war epics shouldnt feel guilty about enjoying the hell out of it. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.98 out of 4 stars for A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.97 out of 4 stars for MovieEye.com (David Litton)MovieEye.com (David Litton)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.96 out of 4 stars for The Filmsnobs (James Owen)The Filmsnobs (James Owen)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.96 out of 4 stars for CountingDown.com review (Larry Carroll)CountingDown.com review (Larry Carroll)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.96 out of 4 stars for DVDwolf (Rob Paul)DVDwolf (Rob Paul)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.94 out of 4 stars for MovieholeMoviehole
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.93 out of 4 stars for DVDTown - Director's Edition (John J. Puccio)DVDTown - Director's Edition (John J. Puccio)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.91 out of 4 stars for DVDTown (John J. Puccio)DVDTown (John J. Puccio)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.91 out of 4 stars for The Hot Button (David Poland)The Hot Button (David Poland)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.91 out of 4 stars for Popkorn Junkie's ReviewPopkorn Junkie's Review
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.91 out of 4 stars for Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.91 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.89 out of 4 stars for MovieEye.com (David Litton)MovieEye.com (David Litton)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.89 out of 4 stars for MovieCritic.ca (Luc-Rock Paquin)MovieCritic.ca (Luc-Rock Paquin)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.89 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.88 out of 4 stars for allesfilm.com (Magdalena Miedl)allesfilm.com (Magdalena Miedl)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.88 out of 4 stars for Christian Spotlight on the MoviesChristian Spotlight on the Movies
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.87 out of 4 stars for The Digital BitsThe Digital Bits
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.87 out of 4 stars for Frank's Reel ReviewsFrank's Reel Reviews
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.87 out of 4 stars for DVD Town (John J. Puccio)DVD Town (John J. Puccio)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.87 out of 4 stars for Entertainmentopia: We Are Entertainment -- ReviewEntertainmentopia: We Are Entertainment -- Review
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.86 out of 4 stars for MovieEye.com (Gareth Von Kallenbach)MovieEye.com (Gareth Von Kallenbach)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.86 out of 4 stars for DVD MovieGuideDVD MovieGuide
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.86 out of 4 stars for 3 Black Chicks ("Bams")3 Black Chicks ("Bams")
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.83 out of 4 stars for DVD MovieGuideDVD MovieGuide
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.83 out of 4 stars for musicOMH (Shawn Fitzgerald)musicOMH (Shawn Fitzgerald)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.82 out of 4 stars for Jiminy Critic (Ben Delbanco)Jiminy Critic (Ben Delbanco)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.82 out of 4 stars for DVD Net (Adrian Turvey)DVD Net (Adrian Turvey)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.82 out of 4 stars for LoveHKFilm.com (Ross Chen)LoveHKFilm.com (Ross Chen)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.81 out of 4 stars for digitallyOBSESSED.com (Rich Rosell)digitallyOBSESSED.com (Rich Rosell)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.81 out of 4 stars for Mr. CrankyMr. Cranky
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Citysearch (Ross Brooks)Citysearch (Ross Brooks)
A worthwhile, if excessively violent look at a piece of history that's rarely discussed. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Citysearch (Ross Brooks)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Movie-Vault.com (Oktay Ege Kozak)Movie-Vault.com (Oktay Ege Kozak)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.78 out of 4 stars for The Phantom TollboothThe Phantom Tollbooth
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.78 out of 4 stars for Jared Sapolin Jared Sapolin
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.77 out of 4 stars for Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.77 out of 4 stars for movies.zertinet.commovies.zertinet.com
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.77 out of 4 stars for The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)The Cranky Critic (Chuck Schwartz)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.76 out of 4 stars for kids-in-mindkids-in-mind
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
The screenplay sabotages the movie's strengths at almost every juncture. All the characters are stereotypes, and their interaction is numbingly predictable. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Haro OnlineHaro Online
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for hybridmagazine.com hybridmagazine.com
âIs there a separate line for press?â I asked the theater manager after seeing the endless, serpentine mass of moviegoers waiting anxiously for entry to the screening room. It did not surprise me that there was such an enthusiastic response to the ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at hybridmagazine.com
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for CountingDown.com (Larry Carroll)CountingDown.com (Larry Carroll)
Windtalkers takes a great, original story about an unrecognized group of true American heroes and wraps it with layer upon layer of war cliches until it suffocates. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at CountingDown.com (Larry Carroll)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict (Dan Mancini)DVD Verdict (Dan Mancini)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)
Feels flabby and long, an intimate story trapped in a big-budget body. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Journal News (Westchester, NY) (Marshall Fine)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Considering how many times its release date was pushed back, the financial problems director John Woo had with MGM and the fact that Woo has never had anything like total creative freedom in making American movies, its a wonder that Windtalkers ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at d+kaz. Intelligent Movie Reviews (Daniel Kasman)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.74 out of 4 stars for Time OutTime Out
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.74 out of 4 stars for Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.74 out of 4 stars for The Trades (Jim Pappas)The Trades (Jim Pappas)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The Trades (Jim Pappas)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.74 out of 4 stars for CultureDose.net (John Nesbit)CultureDose.net (John Nesbit)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at CultureDose.net (John Nesbit)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.73 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.73 out of 4 stars for MovieFreak.com (John Teves)MovieFreak.com (John Teves)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at MovieFreak.com (John Teves)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.73 out of 4 stars for The Dual Lens (Ian Whitney)The Dual Lens (Ian Whitney)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.73 out of 4 stars for The Hindu The Hindu
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.72 out of 4 stars for Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.72 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.71 out of 4 stars for Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.71 out of 4 stars for Plume NoirePlume Noire
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.71 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.71 out of 4 stars for Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.69 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews with Robin & Laura CliffordReeling Reviews with Robin & Laura Clifford
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Reeling Reviews with Robin & Laura Clifford
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.69 out of 4 stars for Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-Intelligencer
Imaginative and frequently thrilling, and the love-hate relationship of its protagonists is quite compelling; Woo is always at his best in portraying the complexities of male bonding under intense pressure and violence. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.68 out of 4 stars for Radio Free EntertainmentRadio Free Entertainment
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.67 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Post-GazettePittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.67 out of 4 stars for Movie Magazine International Movie Magazine International
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.66 out of 4 stars for Mr. Brown's Movie Site (Michael Dequina)Mr. Brown's Movie Site (Michael Dequina)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Mr. Brown's Movie Site (Michael Dequina)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.65 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict (Michael Rankins)DVD Verdict (Michael Rankins)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at DVD Verdict (Michael Rankins)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.63 out of 4 stars for Sidekick MagazineSidekick Magazine
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.62 out of 4 stars for cinemusic.netcinemusic.net
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.58 out of 4 stars for BBC FilmsBBC Films
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.58 out of 4 stars for Film Freak CentralFilm Freak Central
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.57 out of 4 stars for Reel.com (Tor Thorsen)Reel.com (Tor Thorsen)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.56 out of 4 stars for Fantastica Daily - Interviews with director and cast (Staci Wilson )Fantastica Daily - Interviews with director and cast (Staci Wilson )
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Fantastica Daily - Interviews with director and cast (Staci Wilson )
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.55 out of 4 stars for Voir.ca Voir.ca
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.55 out of 4 stars for Political Film Society Political Film Society
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.54 out of 4 stars for MediaCircus.netMediaCircus.net
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.54 out of 4 stars for MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at MediaCircus (Anthony Leong)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.54 out of 4 stars for MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.53 out of 4 stars for The Boston PhoenixThe Boston Phoenix
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Leighton Klein)Boston Globe (Leighton Klein)
The code talkers and their guardians - Beach and Cage, Willie and Slater - do the best they can with the oddly flat-footed script, but their dynamics don't really have a place in Woo's universe. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Boston Globe (Leighton Klein)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Windtalkers is to movies what Paris is to weather -- if you don't like the show you're watching, just wait a minute and an entirely different picture will blow into view. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Windtalkers is one of the least distinguished entries into the new genre of war movies. This film proves that more is needed than visceral displays of battle carnage, digitally amplified gunfire and explosions, and a camera that won't keep ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for USA TODAYUSA TODAY
Capably made and certainly impresses by carrying its length, but it doesn't expand 60 years of World War II screen literature by very much. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at USA TODAY
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
While I don't always have the stomach for Woo's viscera or the heart for his pure, angelic heroes and impure, diabolical villains, I found myself responding to the context and subtext of Windtalkers while closing my eyes through what one might call its ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
REVIEWED ON 6/20/2002 GRADE: C Dennis Schwartz: "Ozus' World Movie Reviews" © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED DENNIS SCHWARTZ http://www.sover.net/~ozus/index.htm Click here to move around the site Home Page / Index Cinema Links Long Reviews ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Common Guy's Movie Reviews (Paul Hall)Common Guy's Movie Reviews (Paul Hall)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Interesting enough, with some decent war stuff, a nice connection between the two lead Marines (no, not that kind of connection!) and a story worth telling, but at the end of the day, nothing particularly spectacular, especially when you consider the ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for DVDRAMADVDRAMA
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
The trailers for Windtalkers proclaimed the unknown heroes of World War II, the Navajo Tribes who were used as a code that the Japanese could not break. Unfortunately aside from some character background of one of the "windtalkers", I did not learn ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Since arriving in the United States from Hong Kong, director John Woo has primarily helmed popcorn action movies like Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2. Windtalkers represents his first English-language foray into "weighty" filmmaking. While the war movi ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
"Windtalkers" is not the right name for John Woo's new film. A more apt title would be "Sergeant Enders and the Windtalkers," because the film mainly focuses on the complicated, half-crazed main character rather than the Navajos recruited as Marines in ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Grainy expansive vistas of the Four Corners (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah) region span across the screen as a handful of Navajo men say goodbye to their families. The score echoing those of ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Steve RhodesSteve Rhodes
Oh yeah, there's also a subplot about Navajo "code talkers," which is nominally the main theme of the story. This original part of the picture could have been fascinating. In a strong and touching performance, Adam Beach plays Private Ben Yahzee, the ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Steve Rhodes
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Harry CaulHarry Caul
If you think about it, Nic Cage is the perfect Wooingactor. A guy who knows how to project an attitudejust be careful when you ask him to act as, to quote Forrest Gump, `You never know what you're going to get.' Thankfully Cage turns in one of his more ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Harry Caul
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
WINDTALKERS seems like an odd vehicle to catch the interest of over-the-top action director John Woo in many ways.  Based on true events, it's more of a tale conducive to human drama than in incredible stunt pieces and yin-yang good/evil ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
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Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Homer YenHomer Yen
Herein lies one of the big questions of this film. The plan in which they disguise a soldier as Japanese requires one of the windtalkers to don the enemy uniform. If you know why windtalkers must be protected at all times, this becomes an improbable ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Homer Yen
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 Plugged InPlugged In
Endersâ battle with the ethics of his orders provides unique insights into Jesusâ 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 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 DVDRAMADVDRAMA
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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 2.46 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)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Kino (Alessandro Bencivenni)
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 Off-screen Off-screen
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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)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Mariela Bernardini)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Daily-Reviews (Stephen Cooke)Daily-Reviews (Stephen Cooke)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Daily-Reviews (Stephen Cooke)
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 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 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 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)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Mediasharx (Dustin Gast)
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 âcode-talkersâ 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)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Xi-online (Edward van der Lugt)
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 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 SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
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 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 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 DigitalVD.de (Patrick Fiekers)DigitalVD.de (Patrick Fiekers)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at DigitalVD.de (Patrick Fiekers)
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 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 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 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 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 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 La Presse, Montréal (--)La Presse, Montréal (--)
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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 Palo Alto Weekly (Jim Shelby)Palo Alto Weekly (Jim Shelby)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jim Shelby)
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 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 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 Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Empire Movies (Brendan Cullin)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar CineasteCinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
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 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 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 Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
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 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 New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
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 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 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 1.60 out of 4 stars for Movie Marshal (Paul Boschen)Movie Marshal (Paul Boschen)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Movie Marshal (Paul Boschen)
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 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 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 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 1.60 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 1.50 out of 4 stars for Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
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)
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
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at kvikmyndir.com
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.44 out of 4 stars for MovieMaze (Thomas Straer)MovieMaze (Thomas Straer)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at MovieMaze (Thomas Straer)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Call me crazy, but if you were going to make a movie called Windtalkers , might it not make sense for the windtalkers to be the main characters? ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
"Windtalkers" is clearly not a tribute to the institution of war, but an immature and misdirected desire to make war look "cooler." No doubt there are young men who will find such a miserable pile of testosterone appealing. They'll be heard ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Zertinet Movies (Steven Snyder)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for MovieJustice (Xavius)MovieJustice (Xavius)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at MovieJustice (Xavius)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Matinee Magazine (Jeremiah Kipp)Matinee Magazine (Jeremiah Kipp)
Adam Beach isn't given much of a character to play. He takes Cage's abuse with a smile, which makes you wonder if the screenwriter should have just called him Tonto. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Matinee Magazine (Jeremiah Kipp)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Tail Slate (Michael Sheridan)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)
A genuinely fascinating piece of American history reduced by Woo to a near-psychopathic bloodbath full of transparent jingoism. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Lawrence Journal-World (Jon Niccum)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
It's such an obvious, hack gesture, you can hardly believe Woo is responsible. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Contra Costa Times (Mary F. Pols)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
... a character-driven story like this should probably have spent more time on the characters and less time on pyrotechnics. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at MovieCrypt.com (Kevin A. Ranson)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Mike Long)DVD Talk (Mike Long)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at DVD Talk (Mike Long)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Susan Stark)Detroit News (Susan Stark)
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Detroit News (Susan Stark)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Fantastica Daily (Staci Layne Wilson)Fantastica Daily (Staci Layne Wilson)
When it comes to the battle of Hollywood vs. Woo, it looks like Woo's a P.O.W. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Fantastica Daily (Staci Layne Wilson)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (John Anderson)Newsday (John Anderson)
You might need a decoder of your own to figure out what went awry with Windtalkers . ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Newsday (John Anderson)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)
It's a film so terrifically inept, on so many levels of direction, performance and intent, that it demands and receives its audience's full, stunned attention. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at eye WEEKLY (Adam Nayman)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Reno News and Review (Bob Grimm)Reno News and Review (Bob Grimm)
This is John Woo's worst film, a major letdown. ...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Reno News and Review (Bob Grimm)
Windtalkers (2002) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for Tony MedleyTony Medley
...read the complete Windtalkers movie review at Tony Medley
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