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Windtalkers

Name: Windtalkers
Director: John Woo
Genre: War, Action
Released: 2002-06-07
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo

2002 · 2h 14m · War, Action

IMDb 6.1 Metacritic 51 RT 33%

Windtalkers has a genuinely compelling historical premise, but the critics agree it squanders it—this is a by-the-numbers action film that prioritizes explosions over the fascinating Navajo code breakers at its heart. Skip it unless you're a die-hard John Woo completist or absolutely need a mindless war movie tonight.

Plot

Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.

Director: John Woo

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo

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