Red Dawn

2012
PG-13
1h 33m

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5.3/10

82K

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A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

82K

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Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations

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Trivia
The encoded messages on Radio Free America are identical to those in the original Red Dawn (1984).

Goofs
An EMP-style weapon fried all electronics, but they seem to have a working cell phone.

Quotes
Jed Eckert: I'm going to fight. I'm going to fight. Now, this is easier for me because I'm used to it. The rest of you are gonna have a tougher choice. Look, I don't want to sell it to you; it's too ugly for that. It's ugly, and it's hard. But when you're fighting in your own backyard, and you're fighting for your family, it all hurts a little less and it makes a little more sense. And for them, this is just some place, but for us? This is our home.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Another Top 10 Worst Hollywood Remakes (2012)

Soundtracks
Oakland University Fight Song
Written by Michael Mitchell
Performed by The Oakland University Golden Grizzlies Band

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4/10

A parody at best

I'm sure this movie shows more or less how it looked when US forces dropped in to say hello in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 30 year old teenagers in this movie throw out mercilessly sub par dialog like "This is not their land. This is our back yard and we're going to fight for it," or "they killed our father, we have to fight or die." I'm sure that's what they said in Fallujah too when good ol' George W. sent his invading army to destroy their country. Aaameeerica, Aaameeerrrrriiiicaa!! God save them all, they do make me laugh and cry at the same time.

Enough has already been said in previous reviews about the wildly idiotic plot and lazy directing. Rather get the 1984 version. At least it had some heart in it, though the plot was just as ludicrous, playing on the strange fear of communism America has always fostered.

One more thing! Modern movies (this one being no exception) way overuse the lazy technique of compressing together various sorts of character growth sequences into a few minutes. It's very annoying and shows a lack of skill on everyones part.