Red Dawn

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Red Dawn
A rather brain-dead remake of a 1984 rah-rah America! movie, this time using invading North Koreans instead of Russians and Cubans. After said Koreans amazingly manage to invade the USA, a group of high school friends band together and begin an armed revolt against the invaders, miraculously killing many of them without suffering any notable losses themselves. Go America! Reviewers were unimpressed.

95 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Violence).
Action.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Who needs an army with us around?
Who needs an army with us around?

Credits

Cast
Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Edwin Hodge, Brett Cullen
Director
Dan Bradley
ScreenplayCarl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore, from the 1984 screenplay by Kevin Reynolds, John Milius
MusicRamin Djawadi
CinematographyMitchell Amundsen
EditingRichard Pearson
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2012
Produced byFilmDistrict, Contrafilm, MGM, Vincent Newman Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreAction
LanguageModerate
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceIntense, moderate (war context), frequent
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseNone
CommentsNone
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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Michael O'Sullivan quote iconMore boom but no pop in remake.
5
Die Burger
Rozanne Els quote iconDié yl storie en geskiet kon gebly het.
5
Cape Times
Frank Scheck quote iconTackling terrorism.
10
Box Office
David Ehrlich quote iconSpare us a Cuban version in 2040
1
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert
8
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
10
ScreenIt
C. Fuchs quote iconThe film isn't great. Heck, it's not even good as most of the action scenes (which is what most viewers of this film will be wanting to see) are so clumsily shot (the shaky cam strikes again) and edited that it's sometimes near impossible to figure out what's occurring; the plot logistics don't stand up; and the acting is so-so at its best moments.
7
Metacritic.com
32 critics
6
Rottentomatoes critics
118 critics
8
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconThe rebooted Red Dawn lacks the original's topicality, but at least pays tribute in delivering the same short shrift to character development and general logic.
3
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
8
Movie Review Intelligence
41 critics
6

What the People say

Internet
19332 Netizens quote iconNot Only Hard to Believe
10

Average .. 33%

7

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