WWII. Joe Enders, a decorated Marine who is by-the-book to a fault, is just coming back on duty (by cheating on his medical tests). "Ox" Anderson, much greener, is also getting the same new task: Protect the Navajo codetalkers (Ben Yahzee and Charles Whitehorse, respectively). While Enders is initially frustrated with his assignment, his respect grows as the codetalkers prove their worth in the brutal battle to take Saipan. Summary written by Jon Reeves {jreeves@imdb.com} In the close quarters and brutal fighting of the World War II Pacific Theater, the U.S. Intelligence services desparetly seek a fool-proof encryption code, immune to the code breakers of the Japanese. The answer is soon discovered in the ancient language of the Navajo, and enlisted into the Marine Corps are several "Windtalkers" who are deployed to front line areas in the Pacific to make thier language into an impossible secret code. A draw back, however, is that the U.S. military soon puts forth a directive that the Windtalkers must never be captured alive by the enemy, and assigns additional Marines to make certian that this directive is carried out to the letter.

release year: 2002

star(s): Adam Beach    Christian Slater    Nicolas Cage