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 enlarge | Director: John Woo
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo
Studio: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  244 reviews
Sales Rank: 7900
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 134
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 027616063380
UPC: 027616063380
EAN: 0027616063380
ASIN: B000JSI7C6
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Release Date: November 28, 2006
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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 28-NOV-2006
Media Type: Blu-Ray
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Having earned Hollywood's respect with blockbusters like Face/Off and Mission: Impossible 2, Hong Kong action master John Woo lends his signature style to serious World War II action in Windtalkers. 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. Unfortunately, it falls short of importance with its standard-issue story about a battle-scarred sergeant (Nicolas Cage) assigned to protect a code-talker (Adam Beach, from Smoke Signals), with unspoken orders to kill him if Japanese capture is imminent. This allows for an involving drama of hard-won friendship, but cardboard supporting characters suffer in the shadow of nonstop action that's as repetitious as it is technically impressive. Windtalkers is best appreciated as a more substantial vehicle for Woo's trademark ballet of bullets. --Jeff Shannon
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 cage does it right. December 25, 2008
Nicolas Cage puts in one of his better performances of this decade on this one. He did a great job on "Next" the science fiction movie as well.
The story of the windtalkers needed to be told on film so it's a good
thing a good cast and good direction make this a decent war movie with
good characters in it. On blu ray the picture looks awesome and this is the route to go when purchasing this flick.
Windtalkers is hardly personal, which makes empathy difficult December 18, 2008
Virtually every scene involving the enemy in this movie makes a ridiculous notion that Japanese soldiers would fight a guerilla style war by running over a ridge like characters in Duck Hunt. Cage's own combat demeanor in the movie is silly as well. The cunning that this style of engagement would require is hardly touched on.
The story of the Navajo codetalker should have been made much more personal by giving more back story about the two codetalkers. While I like Cage, he just doesn't have the grit of Clint Eastwood, which makes it difficult to believe in his Rambo-like persona. The story deserves better.
 Gimme A Break! November 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like Cage & Slater, and I'm ok with war movies, but this was such a let down. First of all, it ISN'T even about the Navaho Windtalkers, it's about Cage's character and his flashbacks to the brutality he experienced in combat, and these combat scenes went on for so long that I forgot what I was watching. The story-line for the Native American windtalkers was barely noticed because there was no real plot for either Navaho character. The script for these characters was probably two pages. The only big deal was in Hollywood because of the director. I gave the movie one star, and that is for the "feeble attempt" to show the heroic involvement of our Native Americans in WWII - but what a huge disappointment.
A John Woo style war movie September 30, 2008
Some people may think that someone's head is cut off in the movie is unrealistic, but Japanese did it often in China during World War II. A interesting and John Woo style war movie. I am looking forward for his next war movie.
 Without the Codetalkers, we might have lost the war July 28, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sergeant Joe Enders (Cage) is cheating his hearing exam to get back out into the fight. What he doesn't know is that he's going to get assigned to a new duty, protecting the Code from the Japanese. On the surface, that means he's protecting a Navajo Indian soldier, a Codetalker, who speaks the one cipher the Japanese have not broken--his Native language. He's teamed up with "Ox" Anderson (Christian Slater).
He advises Ox: "I wouldn't get too friendly."
Enders is teamed up with Private Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach), who is so new he hardly knows how to handle the food rations. He doesn't plan to get involved with his new charge, but he ends up doing so.
This is a tough film to watch. It's very real, according to the veterans I have encountered. It's a testament to the bravery of these young Native soldiers who helped us win the War. Very well-acted and very well worth the time.
Rebecca Kyle, July 2008
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