Here's a typical John Woo tactic: Put actors in a scene with detonating bombs, flying bullets and shooting flames, but don't tell the actors the pyrotechnics will be extra powerful, thus guaranteeing ...

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 ...

John Woo is talking up the legacy of his 2002 WWII drama “Windtalkers.” The acclaimed action director revisited the film in a wide-ranging New Yorker interview marking his first U.S. film in 20 years, ...

Windtalkers is a Second World War melodrama about a broken soul. But it strains to be a heroic saga about racial healing under fire. Director John Woo’s desire to make this movie a true epic ...

Starring: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Christian Slater, Noah Emmerich and Peter Stormare. Screenplay: Joe Batteer and John Rice. Director: John Woo. Rated: R for pervasive graphic war violence, and for ...

Windtalkers is a 2002 American war film directed and co-produced by John Woo. The film is centered around the real story of Navajo code talkers during World War II. Released on June 14, 2002, in the ...

One of the great paradoxes of warfare is that, as it drives nations apart, it sometimes brings the people of one country together. A case in point: the ways World War II began to break down ...

Reviewing the box office return of “Windtalkers,” which has been characterized as “another disappointment for MGM” (“ ‘Scooby-Doo’ Fetches Biggest June Debut,” by Richard Natale, June 17), confirms ...

MGM Inc. on Wednesday warned Wall Street of much steeper losses than expected for the latest quarter and full year, days after its current movie “Windtalkers” became the latest in a string of ...

A lot of hot air. Running time: 134 minutes. Rated R (graphic violence, profanity). At the Kips Bay, the Chelsea, the Union Square, others. THE disappointing “Windtalkers” is a depressing example of ...

"We lost a lot of money," Woo said of the 2002 WWII drama starring Nicolas Cage. “The studio, MGM, let me do what I wanted to, especially if I wanted to make changes,” Woo said. “At the beginning, I ...