Two U.S. Marines in WWII are assigned to protect Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.
17 March 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA
8 October 1974, Auckland, New Zealand
31 March 1962, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
27 August 1953, Kumla, Örebro län, Sweden
27 February 1965, New York City, New York, USA
30 July 1965, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
26 April 1962, Boise, Idaho, USA
13 September 1947, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
13 December 1924, Mariano Lake, New Mexico, USA
31 March 1964, Portland, Maine, USA
March 31, 1964 in Portland, Maine, USA
December 29, 2010
War film relies too much on relentless violence.
January 26, 2006
The screenwriters struggle to integrate the coded transmissions with the action, and the flamboyant set piece battles feel like so much empty rhetoric.
November 06, 2002
The history is fascinating; the action is dazzling. They just don't work in concert.
September 19, 2008
The energy and conviction of the action sequences don't quite compensate for Windtalkers' emotional cliches and historical heedlessness.
July 20, 2002
It's the best new battle film since Black Hawk Down.
December 19, 2005
What we get is a surprisingly entertaining film, corny as it is at times, that could have suited John Wayne. [Published 5-13-02]
December 06, 2005
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.
July 02, 2008
With Windtalkers, the glaring refutations of time, space and reality impress upon viewers the simple fact that Woo is at his best when he isn't attempting anything more significant than the most emptily satisfying explosion you're likely to enjoy - a scat
September 19, 2008
Replete with Cage's finest angsty acting and John Woo's requisite concerns of friendship and rivalry in the face of violence.
October 07, 2004
I didn't expect a comedy.
September 19, 2008
A powerful premise turned into a stubbornly flat, derivative war movie.
June 19, 2002
A relentless, bombastic and ultimately empty World War II action flick.
