Windtalkers (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

...Directed by John Woo, Windtalkers is one of the latest Hollywood war movie offerings. Woo is perhaps not a surprising choice to direct such a film, having previously directed a number of fast-paced, stylish action films. Whilst the scene of a battle could never be described as a glamorous setting, scenes of combat could certainly provide plenty of potential for well-directed action sequences. It might come as something of a disappointment, therefore ...
...viewing and as you watch Windtalkers you find yourself descending further and further into a miserable slump. One by one, the friends and officers within Enders unit are killed in increasingly grisly ways, with a continual sprinkling of those human stories that demonstrate that these men are husbands and father just like the men that they are mowing down with their machine guns. The only variety in a film such as this is the selection of ways in ...

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War films were once made to tell a story of inhuman experiences; to depict the true grim reality of battle. Classics such as “Hamburger Hill,” “When Trumpets Fade,” “Saving Private Ryan” among others express the true immorality and graphic nature of war without exploiting it to make money based on shock value. While one may think with a title like “Windtalkers” that the inquisitive, philosophical nature of the film would be inevitable, many will ...
...be met with a movie of this nature directed by action-extraordinaire John Woo (“Broken Arrow,” “Face/Off”) and starring an actor who I have yet to see in a War film. Nicolas Cage is a great actor, although his demeanor, which I suspected, wouldn't fare to well in a movie of this genre. But building upon my statement of films exhibiting the nature of war in all of its detail, detailing just how gruesome it is. “Windtalkers” seems to enjoy being consistently ...

FilmsAtLarge 01.06.2003 (05.06.2003) · Read full review
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...the actors went through. Windtalkers Bravo Special - making of featurette with cast and crew. Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery. Two Feature Length Audio Commentaries with main actors. Fly on the Set Diaries. I have to admit I have not watched any of the features and do not feel inclined to do so. ...

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This is a world war 2 film directed by John Woo who directed MI2 etc, an excellent director. Well he certainly did a good job with this movie. The film is jammed full with 'biggie' actors such as Nicolas cage and Christian stator (who actually gets his head cut off with a samari sword, gory but cool!).Cage is a marine who must protect a Navajo (American Indian) who carries a secret code of communicating in the war, which must not get into the enemies ...
...battlefields on a Vietnamese island which the Americans must capture. An impressive, different hard-hitting storyline. As you would expect from any war film its full of blood and guts flying around hitting the camera which helps to build the tension and pumps the adrenaline round whilst watching it, if you like that sort of thing that is! There are numerous explosions and good SFX which some of even look like fireworks!(how pretty). One thing i ...

kev_macca 08.04.2003 (12.04.2003) · Read full review
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i love this film and yet i hate war films. says it all really. the news of the world said this was one of the best war movies of all time and I agree 100%. nicholas cage and christian slater electrify the screen, both giving dazzling performances as marines Joe Enders (Cage) and Ox Anderson (Slater). ive never been a fan of nicholas cage (captain corelli's mandolin justifies that!) but he was sensational. this is his second time working with director ...
...a good film too i reckon!) the story is based on the true life events surrounding the enlistment of navajo men to act as codetalkers for the american army during the world war 2 battle of Saipan. the navajo langauage had never been heard of by the japenese and it was down to these men that the americans won the war in the pacific. the 2 main navajo men in this film are best friends, Ben Yahzee and Charlie Whitehorse. they are put in the care of ...

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When John Woo has a go at directing a film set during the second world war you can bet it will be packed with action from start to finish, and low and behold this film has exactly that. The story follows the efforts of marines who's mission it is to protect Navjo Indians recruited into the war to use military code based on the Navajo language. The marines protect the code by protecting the man and the story therefore allows for selfless feats of ...
...Nicolas Cage. Don't expect any anti-war messages here but do expect to be thrilled by some great battle scenes with slow motion sequences that have become a trademark in John Woo movies. The story is not particularly strong nor do I expect it was intended to be, but the action makes up for any shortcomings in the plot. The action is very well choreographed and exciting and fans of action films will find this film very enjoyable. When I watched the ...

Antnic78 08.06.2008 (09.06.2008) · Read full review
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