Red Dawn

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Red Dawn

PG-13

2012

1h 33m

Action

Adventure

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When North Korean troops invade U.S. soil and take over the city of Spokane, Wash., a recently returned Iraq War veteran and a group of teens flee to the woods and form a band of freedom fighters. Dubbing themselves the Wolverines, the youths launch guerrilla attacks against the invaders, but how long they can sustain the fight in the face of the enemy's superior numbers and firepower remains in question.

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Critics Consensus

The 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.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

09/01/2017

2/5

It's hardly worth the wait.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

03/14/2013

1/5

This has to be the year's most pointless remake: a boring and badly acted reboot of John Milius's gung-ho red-scare actioner from 1984.

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Adam Lee Davies

Little White Lies

03/14/2013

1/5

With any luck this will be the spanner that finally jams up the works of Hollywood's dangerously overcranked '80s remake Wurlitzer.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

09/21/2022

1/4

Filled with corny speeches and uncharismatic performances, there’s not one iota of dynamism to this dull action fodder.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/24/2022

1/5

Throughout the movie you’ll find huge gaps in logic, glaring plot holes, and numerous moments where all you can do is bury your face in your hands.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/21/2020

2.0/4.0

With its over-hyped bravado, laughably machismo dialogue, and stilted performances, the film often feels like a high school acting class

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Justin W

@Loonsan Feb 19

Pretty forgettable, it's doesn't makes any sense that the Red army attacked in parachute in a small US town while the biggest army in the world no show like forever...

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Gerald H

Jan 31

This is nonsense patheon. Why would a war start in a tiny village? Where will they attack in the next reboot? In a pigpen?

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Steven B

Dec 8

This movie was a potent of a possible future. One that we can find amusing now,BUT look at the Muslim takeover of actual British city's and then look at a few states in America and a few [ so far] city's. I liked the movie,acting was not the best,but all the stars are,and stated so. I see most who did not like this movie as extreme liberals.

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Estuard F.

@Gio2099 Oct 22

👍🏼 muy infravalorada

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William D.

@Williams0604 Oct 5

This is quite possibly the worst movie I have even seen. The acting is atrocious. The plot and writing did nothing to help and the directing was quite possibly the worst of all three.

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Hughe J

@Hughe Sep 28

Red Dawn the remake was released in theatres in 2012 and stars Chris Hemsworth as Jed and a bunch of other actors whose names I don't remember. The film is based on the classic of the same name released in 1984 during the height of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union. I saw that movie in theatres and while it hasn't aged well over the years it was excellent at the time. This new version has the North Korean Army invading the continental United States. Oh boy. The US has the largest and most modern navy and air force in the world while North Korea has older and smaller coastal ships and virtually no transport aircraft; suspension of disbelief indeed. Anyway it was supposed to be China invading the US but the producers wanted to release it there so changed the aggressor to N Korea, which made the movie even dumber. The acting was bad, the plot was bad, the action was bad, the film was bad. Skip this remake and go watch the original again.

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Synopsis

When North Korean troops invade U.S. soil and take over the city of Spokane, Wash., a recently returned Iraq War veteran and a group of teens flee to the woods and form a band of freedom fighters. Dubbing themselves the Wolverines, the youths launch guerrilla attacks against the invaders, but how long they can sustain the fight in the face of the enemy's superior numbers and firepower remains in question.

Director: Dan Bradley
Producer: Beau Flynn, Tripp Vinson
Screenwriter: Carl Ellsworth, Jeremy Passmore
Distributor: Open Road
Production Co: Contrafilm
Rating: PG-13 (Intense War Violence|Intense Action|Language)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 8, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $44.8M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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