Windtalkers

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Susan D Not worth the watch Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/05/24 Full Review DanTheMan 2 Woo's heightened maximalist style doesn't always translate smoothly to a rugged war movie and at no point is it more clear than with Windtalkers. I've definitely gained a better appreciation for it upon a second more expanded viewing as I'd seen this once before, but it was the rather lacking Theatrical Cut, so when gearing up for this mini US Wooathon I knew I wanted to give the Director's Cut the time of day it deserved. While it definitely lacks the raw emotional power that underlines Bullet in the Head, it feels more tonally consistent than Heroes Shed No Tears, but Windtalkers is replete with Cage's finest angsty acting, James Horner's gorgeous score, John Woo's exceptional attention to detail and requisite concerns of friendship and rivalry staring in the face of violence. This is not a story about heroes. It's a story about a man and his own demons, trying to redeem himself from war. Windtalkers is far from perfect, but heavily underrated for what it 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. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/24/23 Full Review Matthew M bad.......................................................................................................... Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/30/23 Full Review Red B Perfectly Satisfactory War Film. Everything about this is just ok. The main issue that holds this back is Cage who just isn't that likeable and seems out of place overall. The 2 code breakers are just ok and not as memorable for better or for worse than Cage who dominates each scene with the code breakers. The other soldiers just blend in and are very forgettable. White Horse doesn't even get that much time either. The action is solid in this and the best part. However it can be over the top at certain points and can drag at times. The battles also aren't really that different from each other and kind of blen in except the attack on the village. If you've seen one attack you've seen them all basically. The special effects are good overall. The music is kind of generic and forgettable except the whistle kind of. The editing is just ok also. It feels like between fights stuff just kind of happens between the squad loosely. We get some minor devlopment followed by action. Rinse and repeat. I also am not sure at times who the main focus of this film is. Sometimes its the Code Talkers, a lot of times Cage, and than the Squad. This could've been a really good film that should've focused more on the drama of the code breakers rather than Cage and trying to emmulae Saving Private Ryan/Michael Bay with loud action. Something along the lines of the Imitation Game. Instead we get a very run of the mill nothing we haven't seen before and done better by the numbers war movie. If your a die hard fan of war films or any actors in this it may be worth checking out. Otherwise skip it. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/26/23 Full Review Andrew L Thought i'd watch this as i'm a sucker for anything Cage appears in. Watching the film in 2023 really shows its age. I can't even imagine watching this at the time of release that it wouldn't feel incredibly cringey. It's full of war move cliche moments that come across as satire (you know, when you're watching a film about an actor and the film cuts to the terrible movie the actor did) - the film is full of those moments. It's not well made at all, which is really disappointing, because I wasn't aware of Native Americans using tribal languages to send coded communications on the battlefield during the Second World War. Like many war stories, it deserved much, much better execution. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/26/23 Full Review S B Well made, well acted but only scrapes the surface of it's main subject matter. Recommended viewing for it's genre. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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