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	Windtalkers (2002): Reviews
		Windtalkers is the best of Woo's American movies, and the one with the sturdiest and most direct links to his earlier pictures.
		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.
		The strength of Windtalkers is in its occasional, all-too-short respites from battle, when Enders is struggling with his demons and Yahzee is trying to understand his aloofness.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/windtalkers (1336 words)

	Review: Windtalkers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Windtalkers chronicles the June 1944 Allied invasion of the Japanese island of Saipan.
		Windtalkers has a lot of trouble rising above the clichés that form its foundation, but there are times when it manages to do so.
		Windtalkers is one of the least distinguished entries into the new genre of war movies.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/w/windtalkers.html (925 words)

	Modamag.com \| Windtalkers (Movie Review)
		The United States used the Navajo Code Talkers, or "windtalkers" and their language since it provided the most secure method of communication in their operations in the Pacific.
		"Windtalkers" portrays the horrors of the Pacific battles vividly and no side seems right as long as they have a gun in their hand.
		As it stands, Windtalkers consists of great visuals and sound effects, good direction, a heart and an interesting story told by a cast of equal velour.
	www.modamag.com /windtalkers.htm (827 words)

	Filmtracks: Windtalkers (James Horner)
		Windtalkers: (James Horner) Supposedly delayed due to the terrorist attacks last year, both the film and score album for Windtalkers are now slowly reappearing on the horizon.
		When Horner's name was mentioned as a candidate for assignment to Windtalkers, many of his fans and followers immediately recalled his work for the early 1990's film Thunderheart, for which Horner took a minimal ensemble and created a huntingly effective Native American score.
		Horner utilizes a very restrained combination of ethnic vocal chants and a single native flute to constitute the Navajo story, and while both efforts succeed to the extent to which they were used, the majority of the score suffers without them.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/windtalkers.html (1701 words)

	Windtalkers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Windtalkers, it wants to be a lot of things.
		Windtalkers is a disappointment for all involved, actors, director and studio alike.
		Windtalkers is not poor, it just has too many flaws to be considered anything other than average.
	www.moviemarshal.com /rp-windtalkers.html (757 words)

	TNMC: Untitled Deadpool Column
		In the second half of Windtalkers they are fighting for their friends, their family, even their enemies at times, and this leads to heart-rending scenes of military carnage that almost makes up for the hour of crappiness one has to sit through in order to get there.
		Earlier in Windtalkers, Enders receives a medal for the accomplishments of his Navajo friend - it would seem whoever was responsible for the closing shots missed a crucial point somewhere.
		Watching Windtalkers is an exercise in mixed emotions - on one hand, the brilliance of the second half is a giddy thrill after the cinematic squalor of the first.
	www.tnmc.org /dp/0510021.shtml (1354 words)

	Windtalkers - Days in the fabulous life of Lewe
		Having a quick look at 'Windtalkers' might make you you opt for the heroic type but in the end there is a little bit of both in it.
		The cast of 'Windtalkers' was very surprising, beside the leading role of Nicolas Cage a bright variety of well known actors participated in this movie.
		It's tough to rate 'Windtalkers', I know I was a little dissapointed when I saw it but I guess that's mostly because I had waited so long to finally see it.
	blog.zipfel.dk /index.php?/archives/625-Windtalkers.html (624 words)

	ShoWest 2002 Movie Impressions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Windtalkers (R) Originally slated for release last November, John Woo's Windtalkers was delayed by its studio, MGM, partly because it was unsure how a violent WWII film would be received when a real-life military operation was just beginning.
		Windtalkers will inevitably be compared--negatively--to his previous war film, the harrowing 1990 Hong Kong production Bullet in the Head, which was set during the Vietnam War.
		Windtalkers is nowhere near as dark and uncompromising, and per the patriotic American climate these days it's not above a tiny bit (but no less annoying) shameless flag waving at the very end.
	shagpro.com /mrbrown/showest/2002reviews.html (2078 words)

	WINDTALKERS
		When the men are sent to take the strategically important island of Saipan, Windtalkers falls into just about every clichéd trap that there is. Enders refuses to get friendly with Yahzee, partly because he's a dick but also because it will make Yahzee more difficult to take out if/when the time comes.
		The very pro-American Yahzee has trouble fitting in with the other soldiers and becomes so horrified at what he sees on the battlefield that he can't even muster the courage to discharge his weapon when his life is in danger (but before you know it, he's offing Japs left and right).
		His Face/Off is one of the best American action films ever made, but with Windtalkers and M:I-2 (not to mention his other post-Hong Kong films, Broken Arrow and Hard Target), I'm just about ready to write the guy off.
	www.sick-boy.com /windtalkers.htm (843 words)

	Windtalkers \| movies : ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		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 turned.
		The solution in Windtalkers, a big, old-fashioned American war pic of the ''every guy in the unit signifies a type'' variety, seizes on the notion that those Marine guards were more concerned with protecting the code itself than the lives of its talkers.
		''Windtalkers'' is a fresh contribution to the cinematic literature of American WWII movies from a Chinese-born director with a flair for the imagery of spiritual battle.
	ew.com /ew/article/review/movie/0,6115,259811~1~0~windtalkers,00.html (818 words)

	NYPOST.COM Movie Reviews: 'WINDTALKERS' BLOWS IT By LOU LUMENICK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		THE disappointing "Windtalkers" is a depressing example of how even the most promising subjects - in this case, World War II Navajo code talkers - can get turned into sentimental mush by Hollywood.
		It's stunning that such a patronizing story would be directed by Woo, Hollywood's most successful minority director, who presumably has the clout to call the shots.
		"Windtalkers" betrays the master action director's touch in the big battle scenes, which rival "Saving Private Ryan" and "We Were Soldiers" for sheer battle gore - though Woo succumbs to the cliché of Japanese soldiers flinging themselves into G.I. machine-gun fire.
	www.nypost.com /movies/44060.htm (472 words)

	Windtalkers
		I am almost at pains to say so, but on the whole Windtalkers bored me. Horner rarely does this; if nothing else, Horner's music is usually interesting and worth taking the time to listen to.
		But, here, its as though he intentionally drew the majority the heart and colour from his score, leaving instead a soulless musical shell that is technically sound but bereft of anything remotely resembling emotion.
		Coupled with its plethora of self-quotations and a strange lack of individual personality, Windtalkers is ultimately a score which fails to ignite.
	www.moviemusicuk.us /windtalkcd.htm (852 words)

	Windtalkers
		Windtalkers is the story of four men who meet on the battlefield and change each other's lives forever.
		Whitehorse says that among the Navajo they are called "windtalkers." The Navajo Nation approved of Adam Beach's portrayal of Yahzee, even though he is not a Navajo; he is Native American, from Canada.
		Enders is released for duty and is sent to the Island of Saipan, on special assignment.
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /2002/id1733.htm (932 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Windtalkers [2002]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		'Windtalkers' is not so much a war movie as an exemplary John Woo movie, with tons of Unreal-Tournament-like action.
		In short, the plot is about a US Marine during the Pacific war, who is assigned to protect a 'windtalker', a Navajo indian, employed to provide an unbreakable code by using his native language.
		In 'Windtalkers' their role is played by wounded buddies who need to be extracted under enemy fire and against overwhelming odds.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005RDPX (1197 words)

	Amazon.com: Windtalkers: DVD: Nicolas Cage,Adam Beach,Peter Stormare,Noah Emmerich,Mark Ruffalo,Brian Van Holt,Martin ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Recognizing the long-forgotten contribution of Navajo "code talkers," whose use of an unbreakable Navajo-language radio code was instrumental in defeating the Japanese, the film serves as an admirable tribute to those Native American heroes.
		Windtalkers is best appreciated as a more substantial vehicle for Woo's trademark ballet of bullets.
		Windtalkers is the story of two American soldiers (one played by Christian Slater, the other played by Nic Cage) who are assigned to protect two Navajo soldiers who work as windtalkers, transmitting messages past Japanese codebreakers using their code based on Navajo language.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JK8K?v=glance (2613 words)

	MovieCritic.ca - Review - Windtalkers (2002) - (John Woo, Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Christian Slater, Noah Emmerich)
		Yet, when I received my invitation for an advanced screening of Windtalkers, I couldn't help but notice that this was a John Woo film.
		Windtalkers supposedly tells the story of two such code talkers and of their "bodyguards" who were assigned to protect the code at all costs...even if that meant shooting the code talkers should they be captured.
		On the whole, Windtalkers is a very disappointing experience, even though it does have a few good scenes here and there.
	www.moviecritic.ca /reviews/2002/windtalkers (998 words)

	AboutFilm.com - Windtalkers (2002)
		In Windtalkers, Woo continues to display visual artistry, but it's not directed with the imaginative abandon of The Killer or even Face/Off.
		This is, after all, a World War Two movie intent on recognizing the achievements of under-appreciated Navajo Indians who served in the Marines, where they used their native language as the basis of a radio code never broken by the Japanese.
		A more central problem is that Windtalkers fails to achieve its goal of relating the history of the Navajo codebreakers (not that one necessarily goes to a film like Windtalkers, or any non-documentary, desiring to be educated).
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/w/windtalkers.htm (741 words)

	Windtalkers trailers, clips and teasers on Jurassic Punk
		The Windtalkers trailer is also available on trailer disc #3!
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	www.jurassicpunk.com /movies/windtalkers.shtml (107 words)

	Windtalkers
		Windtalkers has John Woo's style but it goes beyond his style.
		When I first heard that John Woo was making a war movie, I thought of it as a joke.
		When I saw John Woo's Windtalkers, I realized I was so wrong.
	hugereviews.com /Movies/W/windtalkers.htm (510 words)

	Windtalkers (2002)
		As much as I hated Mission: Impossible II, he was only aspiring to make a big-budget piece of popcorn, but with Windtalkers he confirms that he no longer has a sense of quality and what makes a narrative work.
		This concept is interesting and perfect for a Hollywood movie, but the story fails to explore the possibilities, and even worse it fails to demonstrate the accomplishment and importance of such a code and the men who made it possible.
		Even after watching Windtalkers I really don't know what the point of their mission was, other than to advance into Japanese territory on a small island in the Pacific.
	www.moovees.com /review/windtalkers.html (407 words)

	The Ultimate DVD Geek: Windtalkers
		John Woo’s excellent World War II adventure, Windtalkers, is not a masterpiece, but it is solid, satisfying entertainment, with terrific action scenes and a decent drama that never gets overplayed.
		Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater, Adam Beach and Roger Willie star as Marines involved in the Pacific campaign against the Japanese.
		Woo has a reputation of going over the top, but one of the admirable aspects to Windtalkers is how reserved it is. There is enough emotional conflict to keep the story moving, but it never becomes maudlin or misty eyed as the characters eventually meet their fates.
	www.moviecitygeek.com /dvd/2003/030616_pratt.html (1205 words)

	Windtalkers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		In the John Woo’s latest film Windtalkers Nicholas Cage plays Sergeant Joe Enders, a wounded but driven soldier who is assigned to pair up with Adam Beach playing Private Ben Yahzee, a Navajo Indian who is working for the Allie’s Navajo Code Talkers program during World War 2.
		Overall, Windtalkers has many of the elements of a classic war film.
		The special effects and sound make you feel like you are actually in Saipan fighting the Japanese.
	www.dannyminton.com /windtalkers.htm (256 words)

	Windtalkers movie review
		Windtalkers has absolutely nothing to do with flatulence even though some of our reviewers say they can "windtalk" with their cheeks.
		They could encode and decode messages in mere minutes and the Japanese were unable to break this new code.
		He is assigned to one of the Navajo code talkers, played by Adam Beach, with orders to protect the code.
	www.moviesforguys.com /action/reviews/windtalkers.shtml (440 words)

	FILMINK - Australia's Essential Movie Magazine: Film news, movie reviews, video & DVD releases, film industry ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Woo at first concentrates on Enders’ initial reserve toward Yahzee (so his detachment will make it easier to kill him if need be), and his gradual turning, as he sees in the family-oriented and spiritual Yahzee everything he admires.
		And by revealing the Navajo’s reverent respect for the earth - and its people - against a backdrop of military carnage, Windtalkers is a deeply poignant reminder of the absurdity of war.
		But it does posit racial tolerance within its thematic framework, promoting through the Navajo creed that we should fight against tyranny and oppression, not culture or appearance.
	www.filmink.com.au /search/displayarticle.asp?article_id=643 (240 words)

	Windtalkers - VHS - Title W Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		With a budget of $115 million it's safe to say that MGM put a lot of faith in Windtalkers being a good bet at the boxoffice.
		The star would be Nicolas Cage and the director was action maestro John Woo, fresh off the big box office bucks of MI:2.
		Mehr bei dooyoo Deutschland: Windtalkers - Tests und Preisvergleich - Produkt Index Germany
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /vhs-title-w/windtalkers (290 words)

	Windtalkers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		WINDTALKERS begins quietly--with widescreen aerial shots of clouds that gradually clear to reveal the beautiful mesas of Monument Valley.
		A bus collects Navajo volunteers Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) and Charlie Whitehorse (Roger Willie).
		The visceral battle sequences are strikingly filmed and there is fine acting from Cage, Beach, Willie, Slater, Emmerich, and Frances O'Connor, who portrays the poignancy of love in uncertain times.
	www.videoflicks.com /titles/1109/1109765.htm?22386 (633 words)

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