Windtalkers

When it comes to war movies there generally are two types. The heroic ones that usually are pretty far from the reality and the daunting ones that usually are a little bit closer to the reality but therefore manage to entirely wreck your day. Having a quick look at 'Windtalkers' might make you you opt for the heroic type but in the end there is a little bit of both in it. To be honest I am not good with the heroic kind of war movies, I rather let Platoon wreck my day, than follow through with what Mr. Gibson did in We were Soliders.

So how is 'Windtalkers' in between of those movies? Well, first of all there is Mr. Action aka. John Woo which pushes it deep into the action-war category but once you actually watch it you see there there is much more to it than thought. Sure you discover Woo now and then, certain shots and sub-plots just doesn't feel too realistic but then again there is the main story, which at least partly covers what happend in reality and tells us about how the USA developed a secret code talk, which was only spoken by very few specially trained Navajo-Indians in order to keep the opponents from understanding the radio traffic.

The cast of 'Windtalkers' was very surprising, beside the leading role of Nicolas Cage a bright variety of well known actors participated in this movie. There are Christian Slater, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Stormare and even more small underparts that you'll imediately recognize and remember from movies you've seen before. Cage nevertheless is the one who carries this whole movie, and as usual he does it with perfection.

It's tough to rate 'Windtalkers', I know I was a little dissapointed when I saw it but I guess that's mostly because I had waited so long to finally see it. Eventhough I really like what Cage does with this movie I think I'd rather stick with something more serious when wanting to watch a war movie. The movie is without a doubt 'alright' and worth the watch, but it's not one of those movies I wouldn't take from the shelf again anytime soon and therefore I'll sadly be selling it again with the next ebay selling spree.