“Windtalkers” (2002) is a war film directed by John Woo, starring Nicolas Cage. The movie is set during World War II and focuses on the use of Navajo code talkers by the U.S. Marines. These code talkers used their native language to create an unbreakable code for transmitting messages.
Nicolas Cage plays Sergeant Joe Enders, a Marine assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach), a Navajo code talker. Enders is instructed to protect the code at all costs, even if it means killing Yahzee to prevent the code from falling into enemy hands. The film explores the bond that develops between Enders and Yahzee amidst the brutal realities of war and the moral dilemmas they face. The story highlights the bravery and significant contributions of the Navajo code talkers to the Allied victory in the Pacific theater.