WARNING - SPOILERS!
Synopsis - I'm
not a huge fan of war movies, but this isn't half bad (which means it's not
half good either). It's rather melodramatic (mostly due to Nicholas Cage). They
covered this subject (Navajo used as codetalkers during WWII) with more
interest on "The X-Files."
Released - 2002
Character - Major
Mellitz
Accent - American
(nice job)
Good guy or bad boy? - Good
guy
Bastard rating -
1 (because he's so grim)
Blood & Bullets - Loads
of both. And I've never seen quite so many soldiers flying through the air (it
got rather ludicrous after a while).
Costumes - Spiffy
uniform, but the shirt! Could they have picked an uglier shade of green? Not
Jason's best color (that would be blue, by-the-way).
Pinky Ring?
- No, military guy.
Hair - short
Other cast - Nicholas
Cage (yikes, not good), Christian Slater (charming), Adam Beach as Ben Yahzee,
one of the "Windtalkers" (not the world's best actor, but really
likeable).
Squidge factor - hmmmm
- while the uniform is nice, Mellitz seems a pretty humorless sort (6 out 10).
Death - No, he's hanging out
in Hawaii (Whoa! Eight movies in a row where he hasn't died - we're on a
roll!).
Screentime
- approximately 3 minutes - but they're an important 3 minutes, as Mellitz
pretty much explains the whole movie to you right there in his office (end of
chapter 4 on your DVD scene selection - best to go to chapter 5 and rewind a
tiny bit)
Favorites Quotes
- "Public school boy myself."
Video/DVD
- Rent
it (maybe) or wait for cable
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