Red Dawn

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Hunter M @yayday 1d This movie gets dragged on a little too harshly. My opinion of this movie is definitely a hot take, but I'm gonna say it anyway. I like this movie. I like it better than the original. Yes, it's a "bad" movie. So is the original. But the original was slow and boring on top of being bad. The 2012 remake has some great action scenes and a great cast. Yes, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Yes, the random perfect condition fully operational Subway restaurant in the middle of a war zone is laughably dumb and random and DEFINITELY not a shameless advertisement *wink wink*. But don't go into this movie expecting some cinematic masterpiece. Go into this movie expecting to turn off your brain and watch a somewhat standard Hollywood action movie with lots of cool gunfights. I think you'll enjoy it better that way. See more Bobby E @RT23212962 May 13 Anytime I can watch a bunch of American kids join up with Marine's and kick the shit outta North Koreans . Then thats a movie that works for me . See more Taylor C. @Official_iT Apr 26 I think that this movie is a fun take at action in a way that everyone has thought of in there imagination at some point in time. This is a good remake of the original and is the best it could have been potential wise. See more Will M. @RT44810610 Apr 3 There are movies you watch for deep philosophical insight, and then there are movies where teenagers outmaneuver a full-scale military invasion using pickup trucks, hunting rifles, and pure American determination. Red Dawn proudly falls into the second category—and somehow makes it work way better than it has any right to. This remake of the 1984 classic throws us straight into chaos as a group of high schoolers wake up to find their town under foreign occupation. What follows is a fast-paced, adrenaline-heavy ride where the Wolverines (yes, they named themselves that, and yes, it’s just as dramatic as it sounds) go from average teens to surprisingly effective guerrilla fighters. Is it realistic? Not even a little. Is it entertaining? Absolutely. See more Karl N @RT02655090 Mar 22 I thought it was a good remake. Unless you just don’t think it should have been remade I don’t get the hate. See more Unimpressed G @RT51541674 Mar 22 I remember seeing this film the year it came out. It was a bleak time, and one that seemed to make sense. But because of this film, I went back and watched the first film with Swayze and Sheen. The characters in that film were written far more organically, without over-complicating any kind of relationships and such. The honest fact was: it was written as a piece on the harsh realities war can impose on the invaded, as well as the invaders; it painted a world that is torn by necessity for conquest and survival, as opposed to it all just being violent explosions and gunfire. This Red Dawn, while starring a stellar cast, delivered poorly, with an unlikeable portrayal of Matt (Josh Peck), and also just very hollow portrayals of its predecessor characters. The film alone could've been an honest and true successor, but wound up falling quite flat, unfortunately. If you want a better version of this story, go watch the first one; far more compelling, yet simple -but effective overall. See more Read all reviews

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