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(1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 29% Rotten Page   1   C- "a film that would make Randall Wallace blush... an outrageous collection of war movie clichés"   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna "Though it might be argued that Nicolas Cage roaring and contorting in slow motion makes for good action cinema, it's hardly the basis for a thoughtful interrogation of how war works..."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3.5/4 "...Windtalkers is one of the most exciting (not to mention violent) war movies to emerge in quite some time."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C "An uninspired preachy and clichéd war film."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "The star turns by Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach are, ultimately, what is worth seeing."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 2/4 "Woo's humanity is unmistakably ham-fisted."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B- "Strip it of all its excess debris, and you'd have a 90-minute, four-star movie. As it is, it's too long and unfocused."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "Windtalkers is the real deal and fans of those old school war epics shouldn’t feel guilty about enjoying the hell out of it."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "Something we'd never expect from a guy like John Woo: dull, lifeless, unexciting filmmaking"   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B+ "Isn't quite the equal of Woo's best earlier work, but it's easily his finest American film...comes close to recapturing the brilliance of his Hong Kong films."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2.5/4 "This film proves that more is needed than visceral displays of battle carnage, digitally amplified gunfire and explosions, and a camera that won't keep still."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "You’d probably be better off reading Catch 22 – even if it is for the fifth time . . ."   Movie Gurus   James O'Ehley 3/5 "Inspired by true events, this war-is-hell action drama from John Woo is a failed epic that doesn't rise to meet the material that inspired it."   Netflix   James Rocchi D "Adam Beach isn't given much of a character to play. He takes Cage's abuse with a smile, which makes you wonder if the screenwriter should have just called him Tonto."   Matinee Magazine   Jeremiah Kipp 4/10 "Simply put, there's not enough story."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 5/10 "At the end of the day, nothing particularly spectacular, especially when you consider the two men leading the project, director John Woo and actor Nicolas Cage."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 2/5 "Navajos will question Woo's credibility with a silly cigarette tobacco 'ceremony' and his reliance on stereotypes"   ToxicUniverse.com   John A. Nesbit 6/10 "...given its potential for telling a story about the courageous exploits of unsung heroes, the movie is a decided letdown."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 1.5/4 "... a character-driven story like this should probably have spent more time on the characters and less time on pyrotechnics."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 2/4 "The most half-assed lesson in tolerance this side of an after-school special."   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest C+ "Windtalkers takes a great, original story about an unrecognized group of true American heroes and wraps it with layer upon layer of war cliches until it suffocates."   Countingdown.com   Larry Carroll C+ "While the effectiveness of the code is shown ... the focus is put on the coordinates sent rather than the language used to relay them"   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 8/10 "Buena, pero....Woo pudo haberlo logrado, pero pequeños detalles y errores marcan la diferencia entre una gran cinta y un clásico de género."   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez 2/4 "Undermines its purpose by becoming a movie about the code-protectors and not the code-talkers."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 5/10 "John Woo superficially glosses over what should have been the most interesting parts of his story to get to cliched drama and stylized violence."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Mark R. Leeper 2/4 "The premise is tangential to Woo's real purpose, which is to give audiences a visceral action thrill"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 3/4 "Packs a strong amount of firepower--not only in terms of pyrotechnics, but also in emotional impact."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 3/5 "The movie does a disservice to the men it is intended to honor by perpetuating their marginalization and making the Nicolas Cage character the main focus of the story."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow "Woo simply seems lost in all the emotional claptrap, war movie cliches, cornball dialog and mumbo jumbo about bravery and patriotism."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 2/4 "'Windtalkers" is a bloody war film that is long on action, but hampered by a thin story and underwritten characters."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B "...a finely crafted work and a good but not great film."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 2/5 "That the Chuck Norris "grenade gag" occurs about 7 times during Windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is."   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg D+ "The biggest casualty of war is Woo's trademark grace and choreography, which receive fatal gunshot wounds and are left to die on the battlefield."   Eclipse Magazine   Sean O'Connell 8/10 "A provocative moral dilemma for the Marines becomes a compelling drama, revealing and reveling in the ingenuity and bravery of the unsung Navajo heroes of W.W.II"   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 1.5/4 "Woo has become only the latest director ripping off the "John Woo Film""   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 29% Rotten Page   1