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1. robbin

   More fun to laugh at than pay attention to.
   It was about time John Woo made an american war film…pity. He is really loosing his touch. Now that I think about it, his last good action film was Face/Off. We all remember that drag that we sat through for M:i2. What was he thinking?

   Now as for Windbreakers, there are SOO many mistakes in the film, not to mention a pretty weak attempt to portray what happened with the Navajo code back in WWII (though it felt too much like this movie took place in vietnam). We’ve all come to expect big explosions and unbelievable fight scenes from John Woo right? Then can someone please answer this: how does a grenade have a really big (I mean very big for a grenade) explosion, while a few moments later, a bazooka has the same explosion, and later on in the film, a big cannon fires at a convoy, and the explosion is literally two times smaller. Then, at least three times throughout the film, Nicolas Cage’s burned ear was ripping off. Yeah, you could easily tell that it’s coming off.

   Next, the casting. It was pretty much the worst casting I have ever seen in a movie. Nicolas Cage plays Sergeant Joe Enders, who is a very BORING character and the audience is completely bored by his presence. It’s rare that you loath to see Nicolas Cage on screen, but this is one of those times.

   Then we have Adam Beach, named Private Ben Yahzee in the film, who is a "windtalker" assigned to Cage. Big whoop. He smiles too much, even when his oh so important friend Private Charles Whitehorse (Roger Willie) dies. Spoiler? Oh come on, if you don’t see this coming 5 minutes into the movie (not film), then you should do the world a favor and jump off a cliff…

   Now here is the part which simply didn’t work, we have Peter Stormare, yeah remember him? "…the russian space station…", playing an American Sargeant with the worst attempt at an American accent in years. Seriously, do you find this character believable? Not at all.

   Blah blah blah, no one is even worth mentioning.

   A question to Mr. John Woo…what is it with the close ups and constant zooms that you have every 20 seconds? I could throw up if I see any more of them. And no one wants to see Nicolas Cages’ badly done ear up close.

   Now, as for the action, which is the only thing most of us expect from Mr. Woo anyway. The first battle just sucked. I don’t even want to remember the "acting" in that. It makes me shutter. As for the rest of the action in the film, pretty well done, solid use of effects, only problem I had with it was the inaccuracy of explosions.

   Oh, and someone please answer this: Why oh why is Nicolas Cage able to jog, caring a person on his back, with a bullet through his legs, be able to fall down nicely, pull out his gun in record time and shoot five bullets, effectively killing five Japanese soldiers, while about 15 others are all shooting at him and not get hit? WHY?!?!?!?! And honestly, did the Japanese run out at the Americans trying to stab them with the knife on their swords, rather than shoot them?

   I can’t think about this anymore, it hurts.

   Bottom Line
   If you like big (and pointless and unrealistic) explosions with Nicolas Cage winning on a 1 vs 15, then this movie is for you. Have fun, I know I didn’t.

2. sapp

   Pretty good, but should have developed the premise more

3. apwr39

   SOme good action, but slow in parts. overall not John Woo’s best

4. yurrov

   It shines above and beyond the cliches of generic action/war flicks.

5. wiyg

   YUCK don’t even rent it when it comes out
   on the BAD side
   -Grenades thrown into bodies do NOT cause flaming explosions
   -Bazookas shot into hills do NOT cause flaming explosions
   -4 men of ANY nationality trained in combat can probably shoot a man standing in a field before he can shoot them with a pistol even though they are partially conceled.
   -The score does not match the screen actions

   There are more cliches in this movie than i’ve EVER seen in a movie. If you can’t guess what is going to happen next through each scene then i’m guessing this might be your first war movie.

   On the GOOD side
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   This is an interesting story highlighting a bit of Irony. Native Americans fighting to save a country that we had fairly recently taken from them.

   The story of the code talkers is a GREAT story but this telling of it is absolute crap.

6. Irving

   World War II is no stage for a Hong Kong Opera.
   Raise your hand if you’ve ever shot a Colt 1911 one handed.

   Raise your hand if you’ve ever rapid fired a Colt 1911 after doing a rolling tumble and killing 5 people with a 7 round magazine at 10+ yards.

   Yes, even MY hand drops at that point.

   John Woo, stick to crafting over-the-top shoot-em-ups and leave the dramatic war movies to people who aren’t going to go for the "unlimited bullets" concept of film making.

7. frost

   Yuk. This is my first "bad" movie.
   This movie is about shooting people, interspersed by a little plot development and even less character develoment.

   Nicholas Cage plays the heavy, the tormented post-traumatic-stress-syndromed GI/Marine Joe. Cage tries too dang hard to have the innate character of a Pacino or a De Niro or a Nicholson. He don’t have it.

   Even my children didn’t like this movie, and it was a mistake to bring my younger son. All and all, a bullpuckey movie.

8. chuck

   A bit long and repetitive, but decent.
   I would normally have given this movie a 5, but some cool John Woo moments made it a 6.

9. center

   better than sum of fears but not quite as much b. hawk, we wer soldger, decent

10. Egger

    Can someone make a good summer movie?
    This movie is long and slow…
    Battle scenes were unoriginal and repetetive. John Woo lost his touch a long time ago. I have lost all faith in him.

11. lugo

    Excellent dramatic war picture about the Navajo "codetalkers"
    I’m not a war movie enthusiast, but this one definitely kept my attention. You can tell this is a John Woo film, with lots of action that keeps you glued to the screen. You definitely will get your full of Nicolas Cage standard action hero role. He kills nearly everyone, dodges bullets with matrix-like dexterity, and provides moral insight the pope might even envy. Aside from Nicolas Cage’s standard high-octane screen performance Windtalkers isn’t a bad WWII depiction. It really shows more of the dark side of serving with the military and the moral dilemma of following orders at all cost. These may not be new concepts for some of the better war movies out there, but definitely better than anything I’ve seen recently. If you’re into dark war movies with lots of good action John Woo style, check it out Windtalkers won’t let you down