It's not as painful to watch, as say The Wicker Man.

Because of the unique subject matter, I reduce this to a four since five on this scale is the worst. This is just all-around bad fare and I like war movies. The technical advisor should have been drowned or dealt some other horrible fate.

Does Nicholas Cage do bad movies? The answer is yes.

The story of the Navajo in WW2 is such a great story. This movie could have been very good, but it was very, very, very, very bad. Hand grenades exploding like artillery shells, 3 BAR rounds killing 4 Japanese soldiers, and terrible battle sequences. The movie was just so bad and failed to capture the quality of the Japanese infantryman.

With 5 being the worst, I have to go with 4. The acting wasn't too awful and there were a few moments when I actually felt like I was getting into the movie (very few moments, though) but Nicholas Cage completely dominated the film. I didn't watch it to see his inner turmoil, I watched it to see the story of the Navajo Windtalkers. Well, I didn't get that. I got a bunch of bottle rockets in place of guns and a whole lot of scenes in which Cage is looking anguished. Ugh.