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Actors: Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Windtalkers |
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In WWII the US Marines used Navajo Indians as radio "codetalkers" to send messages to each other. But instead of using a code they used the native American Navajo Indian language. The story is about Joe Enders (Cage) who is assigned a codetalker to look after. Should the codetalker fall into enemy hands and putting the code in jeopardy Enders would have to stop him from talking.
--, Resident Scholar
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Based on a screenplay directly written for the screen, WINDTALKERS is a movie directed by John Woo in 2002.
The U.S. Army has decided to use a code based on the Navajo language for the communications. Each Navajo soldier aware of this code is protected by a Marine who is ordered to kill the man under his responsibility if the enemy comes too close of him.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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A marine fighting in Japan is assigned to protect a Navajo codetalker, and not let the Japanese capture him.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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Windtalkers is the latest film from acclaimed Hong Kong action director John Woo. The movie is excellent with tons of explosions and gunfights etc, and is based around the true story of the Najavo Code Talkers during World War 2. Highly Recommended.
--Richard, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Windtalkers |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 52.5%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 22.5%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 25%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
War Thriller
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Marines
Specific to
- WW II
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- American Indian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- enemy army
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- infantry soldier
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
- Pacific Islands
Island?
Yes
Island:
- Pacific Island
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- gory visuals of deaths
- very gory visuals of deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- hundreds
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- flamed
- decapitated
- perforation--bullets
- perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
Lot of special effects?
Yes
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exploding bombs
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
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