Windtalkers" are Navajo Indians, World War II Marines who devised an unbreakable battle coder to foil the Japanese in the Pacific. In a fictionalized tribute that challenges "Saving Private Ryan" for ...
John Woo is the consummate filmmaker when it comes to crafting violent eye-candy. His gloriously mechanical technique provides a perfect fit for the hyper-stylized fury of his Chinese films like “Hard ...
WINDTALKERS: War drama. Starring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach and Christian Slater. Directed by John Woo. (R. 130 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) "Windtalkers" tells a lukewarm story about some unknown ...
THE BEST thing about John Woo's "Windtalkers" is what could have been. During World War II, the Japanese were breaking American codes with such alarming regularity, it was crucial to find an ...