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Windtalkers [Blu-ray]

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Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater. A young Navajo Marine uses his native language to serve as an unbreakable wartime code while under the auspices of a battle-hardened sergeant who protects him from racial prejudices and ultimately befriends him. 2002/color/153 min/R.

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Media Format: Blu-ray

Genre: Drama, Military & War

MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)

Director: John Woo

Actors: Nicolas Cage/ Adam Beach/ Peter Stormare/ Noah Emmerich/ Mark Ruffalo

Studio: Metro Goldwyn Mayer

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Product Title: Windtalkers [Blu-ray]

Manufacturer: Anderson

Lowest Price: $9.78

Power Score: 2.7 | 7 Reviews

General

Media Format: Blu-ray

Genre: Drama, Military & War

MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)

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  • 2
  By member: dixxjamm - Sep 10, 2004

Windtalkers [Blu-ray]

Ok, every director is entitled to his own vision.But WWII movies Hong Kong style is a bit too much.Nicolas Cage is, as always, excellent, but when you play the part of a derranged Rambo it is pretty hard to come up with anything.In short,leave the war movies to other directors, mr.Woo.

  • 3
  By member: lukskywlkr. - Sep 14, 2003

Windtalkers [Blu-ray]

I was very much looking forward to this movie, but was very disappointed by it. First of all, I'm expecting to learn about the Navajo code used in WWII to confuse and ultimately defeat the Japanese. It was a true turning point in the war, but you wouldn't know it from this film. In fact, very little of the film is dedicated to it. More time is spent on showing how badly the Navajo were treated by...

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  • 3
  By member: Aurielle - Apr 13, 2003

Windtalkers [Blu-ray]

Definitely not the best war movie I've ever seen, but it wasn't the worst. I didn't like how it was supposed to be about the Navajos and it ended up focusing much more time and attention on Nicholas Cage's emotional and physical problems than on the supposed title characters. The Navajo storyline was beautifully done and very interesting, but the director found it more important to show Cage's...

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  • 1
  By member: ryanbracken - Feb 24, 2003

Windtalkers [Blu-ray]

this wasn't a good war movie. some things in this movie are not true to history. in some of the battle scenes, the japanese soldiers appear to be bad soldiers. in some scenes, most of the soldiers couldn't kill the american standing right in front of them. in reality, the japanese soldiers were the some of the best trained in the entire world. i think Cage is too old to play this part. he's...

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  • 5
  By member: magnusviking - Feb 21, 2003

Windtalkers [Blu-ray]

One of the really good movies of recent years..Nicolas Cage in top form with an excellent supportive cast.Highly recommended

  • 5
  By member: Cage_rules - Oct 26, 2002

Windtalkers [Blu-ray]

Great movie, great action, shows the history!

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  • 1.8
  Rotten Tomatoes - Nov 30, -0001

Windtalkers

The action sequences are expertly staged. Windtalkers, however, sinks under too many cliches and only superficially touches upon the story of the code talkers.

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