Windtalkers

Windtalkers

  • Director: John Woo
  • Writer: John Rice,Joe Batteer
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Navajo, Japanese
  • Release date: June 14, 2002
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Wind Talkers
  • "Windtalkers" is an action war movie directed by John Woo , starring by American actor Nicolas Kim Coppola.
    The film tells the story of Officer Joe being ordered to protect Adam, the Navajo cipher. However, if necessary, in order to protect the password information from being leaked, Joe can shoot Adam to death. The relationship between the two of them is developing in constant collision, from arguing to life and death.

    Details

    • Release date June 14, 2002
    • Filming locations Dillingham Estate - 68434 Farrington Highway, Mokulë`ia, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA
    • Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Lion Rock Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $115,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $40,914,068

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $14,520,412

    Gross worldwide

    $77,628,265

    Movie reviews

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    • By Kylie 2022-08-04 20:43:12

      Windtalkers: War is Cruel Looking at the Entire Movie

      War is cruel. Looking at the entire movie, it is estimated that 80% of the time is spent on the battlefield. This is a movie, not reality. Movies are already so cruel, not to mention reality.

      To protect the password, Joey is caught in a dilemma. Protect the lives of code translators, but never let them be captured by the enemy alive. So, if there are code translators to be caught, they are to be killed. So, this keeps Joey from getting to know these people too well, because he has...

    • By Letha 2022-07-25 16:40:56

      Windtalkers--Facing the Fate of Death

      Tears, blood, grief, and pain can no longer be distinguished, and there is no rush to distinguish them. They only want to move forward. There is no choice, because they just want to get out of the body. The inscription Each has a group of people. They come from different places, for different purposes; some for dreams, some for glory, some for home protection, some for revenge, Some people are confused....

    • By Yvette 2022-04-20 09:01:55

      Don't think that having a good actor is a good movie

      The poster was super handsome, and then I saw that the director was Chinese, and then I went in and saw Nicolas Cage.
       This war scene is a complete disappointment, the monotonous design skills and shooting angles, the actors' expressions are extremely twitchy and unbearable, and I feel awkward without watching a small plot - this is not the case when I encounter this kind of thing Expressions and reactions! How could it resonate? Big brother

      , don't think that the director can't...

    • By Newell 2022-04-20 09:01:55

      Saipan, Navajo, Wind Whisperer

      Originally, I was not so interested in this kind of sci-fi film, but I had a surprisingly good impression of this one. The key is that the film has opened up the lifeblood of the emotional connection between machines and people. From bringing back the robot, to starting training, to participating in competitions. . . Very attractive all the way.

       The little boy's spiritual power is cute, although he is very flamboyant, he is very dazzling. But I like that after he won the game, he...

    • By Myrl 2022-04-20 09:01:55

      Very good subject, was made into a bad film

      It's a good subject, but it was made into a terrible film.

      World War II, soldiers, cruelty, humanity, coupled with the highly individual and iconic John Woo and Nicolas Cage, it is expected to be a shocking masterpiece, but obviously Wu's gangster films are very romantic and poetic violence. Aesthetics - the representative picture is that Fa Ge appears in a long black trench coat, looking up in slow motion and striding against the wind, and the tough guy is handsome and ready to show...

    User comments

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    • By Oliver 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      The shooting scene at the beginning made me think that I was watching the main theme of the Anti-Japanese War, which was filmed in...

    • By Alta 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      The span of reading is too long for me to complain. It's really...

    • By Astrid 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Unexpectedly, the director of such a blockbuster is John...

    • By Joannie 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      It's still the old routine of World War II, with a lot of blasting scenes added, which is very Wu Yusen's style. I couldn't dig out anything more in the story, and I told it for more than two hours. It's really frustrating that the title of Wind Whisper Warrior is so awesome that its actual effect is not reflected in the...

    • By Isidro 2022-04-24 07:01:14

      Taking out half of the blasting enthusiasm to set the scene will not be like this, only the overhead shot is barely able to see. The supporting characters disappeared collectively, and such a great cast as Mark Ruffalo was just used as a gift,...

    Movie plot

    During the early days of World War II, on the Pacific battlefield, the Japanese army could always use various methods to decipher the secret code of the US army, which caused the US army to suffer on the battlefield. In order to change this situation, in 1942, 29 Indian Navajo people were drafted into the army. Because their language was not understood by foreigners, the U.S. Army trained them into specialized translators, known as...
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    Background creation

    Before starting the script, the screenwriters John Rice and Joe Battelle and the two producers carefully studied all the information about the Navajo and the Marines in the Pacific battlefield. They decided to make the Saipan battle the whole film. Background, and conceive a large number of scenes based on anecdotes in written records.
    The film was all shot in Hawaii and Southern California. During the five-month shooting, the first...
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    Movie quotes

    • Sargeant Ryan 'Ox' Anderson: Do your johns have any thing to do with these Navajo radiomen?

      Joe Enders: I'm not at liberty to say.

      Sargeant Ryan 'Ox' Anderson: [notices a new stripe on his uniform] See you got a new stripe on, me too. So I'm guessin the same orders i aint liberated to tell you is the same orders you aint liberated to tell me.

      Joe Enders: This is no democracy Sergant, this is the Marines. They look pretty normal I guess, expectin them to wear war paint.

      Sargeant Ryan 'Ox' Anderson: Well we might want to go and introduce ourselves they look a little lost.

      Joe Enders: Anderson, I wouldn't get too friendly.

      Sargeant Ryan 'Ox' Anderson: [to the Navajos] How, just kiddin I'm Ox.

      Charlie Whitehorse: I'm Whitehorse, this is Yahzee, Ben.

    • Ben Yahzee: He wondered about cowboys watching Indians' backs. Something about it didn't seem right.

    • Joe Enders: I ain't that drunk Yahzee, you cut that horseshit out.