Red Dawn

    Red Dawn
    2012

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Chris HemsworthJed Eckert
    • Josh PeckMatt Eckert
    • Josh HutchersonRobert Kitner
    • Isabel LucasErica Martin
    • Adrianne PalickiToni Walsh
    • Connor CruiseDaryl Jenkins
    • Edwin HodgeDanny
    • Jeffrey Dean MorganSgt. Maj. Andy Tanner
    • Michael BeachMayor Jenkins
    • Alyssa DiazJulie

    Recommendations

    • 67

      The Playlist

      It's easy to take most films' war-torn elsewheres for granted, and taken on its own merits, Red Dawn is a victory of small battles and heavy artillery, sentimental but rarely too hackneyed, energetic without becoming too silly.
    • 60

      Variety

      Despite the considerable impediment of a premise arguably even sillier than that of the original "Red Dawn," helmer Dan Bradley's long-delayed remake of John Milius' 1984 kids-vs.-Commies adventure delivers enough thrilling action sequences and rock-'em, sock-'em fantasy-fulfillment to amp its B.O. potential.
    • 50

      The Hollywood Reporter

      This version is unlikely to strike a similar chord with young audiences while severely disappointing older fans of the original.
    • 50

      Chicago Tribune

      Many of the original film's booby-trap scenarios are repeated here, but without Milius' grandiosity and nihilism. There's less of both in the new Red Dawn. It's not a disaster. It's just drab.
    • 40

      Time Out

      A new Red Dawn could have been so much more fun had it thrown a properly out-of-bounds tea party. (It lacks the signature brawn of original director John Milius, a guns-first libertarian.)
    • 40

      Village Voice

      Single-mindedly action-oriented to the point where Milius's film seems relatively ruminative.
    • 40

      The New York Times

      In his debut the director, Dan Bradley, a stunt coordinator with a long list of credits, handles the low-fi action well, which helps divert attention from the bargain-bin special effects, bad acting and politics.
    • 38

      St. Louis Post-Dispatch

      This world is divided between the makers and the takers, and after just a few minutes of Red Dawn, you'll realize there's not much more you can take.

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