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Red Dawn (2012)
Directed by Dan Bradley
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Overview
A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters.
Rated PG-13 | Length 93 minutes
Actors
Chris Hemsworth | Josh Peck | Josh Hutcherson | Isabel Lucas | Adrianne Palicki | Connor Cruise | Edwin Hodge | Jeffrey Dean Morgan | Michael Beach | Alyssa Diaz | Matt Gerald | Brett Cullen | Julian Alcaraz | Will Yun Lee | Fernando Chien | Kenneth Choi | Michael A. Knight | Steve Lenz | Noah Smith | Lucas Kerr | Linda Boston | Nicholas Yu | Spencer Strong Smith | Rusty Mewha | Brian D. Thibault | Mark Schlereth | Dan Lewis | Choua Kue | Sam Looc | Zachary Schafer | Steven Chan | Dwight Sora | Cindy Chu | Matthew Yang King | Boyuen | Arnold Agee | Mike Ancrile | Vincent Rogo Angelini | Bernadette Balagtas | J. B. Blanc | Richard 'Rick' Bobier | Ron Causey | P.J. Edwards | Jacquelyn Evola | Jacqueline Forton | Steven Hauptman | Doug Kolbicz | Chris Kotcher | Robert Laenen | Chameria Law | Bill Lumbert | Misty Mills | Stephen Oyoung | Ho-Sung Pak | Courtney Parkinson | Simon Rhee | Amanda Wright | Ron Yuan
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/01/2012 | Movie Screen | Film | Theater | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Even though it felt like Red Dawn Light, I still enjoyed it. Is it preposterous? Certainly, just like the original was. It’s still a fun watch and it still runs the patriotism up the flag. You really can’t help but think “America, fuck yeah!” during the film (both in the intended ironic sense and the literal).
I liked the change to a more urban setting and Hemsworth acquits himself well enough to make it work. There are also enough changes to the original plot to keep it from being a simple repetitious remake.
I honestly would’ve liked a longer running time on this so they could have done more character development. I really feel like that’s the major difference between the original and this remake.
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