Directed By: Dan Bradley
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Rating:
PG-13 for sequences of intense war violence and action, and for language
Run Time: 1 hour, 54 minutes
Synopsis: U.S. Marine Jed Eckert (Hemsworth) is home on leave, visiting his
father and younger brother, Matt (Peck), when North Korean soldiers suddenly invade
their hometown. Jed and Matt flee to the woods, form a rebellion with a group
of friends they saved, call themselves Wolverines after their high school
mascot, and attempt to save their town. A remake of the 1984 original.
REVIEW
Andrew:
Hello readers! The other night Sarah and I joined the crowds looking to see a
movie the night before Thanksgiving, where we joined a relatively full crowd in
seeing the new Red Dawn remake starring Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck and Josh
Hutcherson. Red Dawn, much like The Cabin in the Woods, was
originally filmed in 2009 starring a pre-Thor Hemsworth, but shelved thanks to
MGM’s bankruptcy problems and is just now getting released in 2012.
Sarah, you haven’t seen the
original 1984 version starring Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen and other notable
80’s actors, correct?
Sarah:
That is correct. I didn’t even know Swayze and Sheen were in it.
A:
Then I can tell you that the new version is relatively faithful to the
original. Most of the character names are exactly the same…
S:
What about the story? I know the original version had the Russians as the
invading enemy and the new one changed it to North Korea.
A:
That’s one of the two big differences for sure. The two differences are that
A.) they’ve moved the setting from Colorado to Spokane, Washington, and B.)
they’ve changed the villains from the Russians to the North Koreans.
Now, when they originally
filmed the movie in 2009 the bad guys were actually the Chinese…
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| Chris Hemsworth headlines the cast of young up-and-comers in the remake of 1984's Red Dawn. Ironically, he filmed this in 2009 before hitting it big in 2011's Thor. |
