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 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 ...

"Windtalkers," the newest WWII film -- following "Black Hawk Down" and "We Were Soldiers" in the recent war movie craze -- does nothing more than revitalize American ...

Outrageous martial arts and a World War II drama are incompatible genres. Yet one might expect such incongruity in "Windtalkers," the latest film by director John Woo. Set during the Battle of Saipan, ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - As a young boy growing up near Continental Divide, N.M., Roger Willie heard stories about the Navajo Code Talkers from relatives who said they were instrumental in winning World ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Navajo Code Talkers played crucial role in World War II, creating an "unbreakable code" that remains the only code unbroken by an enemy. It took decades before anyone knew they ...