Windtalkers


Set in 1944 during the Allied invasion of Saipan, the film is supposed to be about the use of Native American Indian Navajos for communications -- they spoke the codes in their own language, and the Japanese were unable to decipher it. The film devolves to an exploration of racism and that old Hollywood stand-by, the Buddy Flick. Our two heroes -- one an injured officer, and the other a Navajo, start off rockily and develop a friendship as the war goes on. The officer has the task of ''protecting the code'', which means making sure the Japanese never have a chance to interrogate the Navajo...


135 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence) .
Action, Drama, Male conflict & bonding, War
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Credits

Cast
Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo
Director
John Woo
ScreenplayJohn Rice, Joe Batteer
MusicJames Horner
CinematographyJeffrey L. Kimball
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in2002
Produced byLion Rock, MGM

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

The Star
Sue Olswang
12
Die Burger
Francois Smith
5
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
1
Rapport
Barrie Hough
14
M-Net Cinemagic
Barry Ronge
8
Total Movie
Nev Pierce
10
eye Weekly
Adam Nayman
1
Box Office
Francesca Dinglasan
5
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
13

What the People say

Internet
2186 Netizens
12

Average .. 41%

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