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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Karl N

@RT02655090 5d

I thought it was a good remake. Unless you just don’t think it should have been remade I don’t get the hate.

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Unimpressed G

@RT51541674 6d

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.

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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

@RT00885100 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

@RT77676529 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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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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