We Watched Red Dawn Last Night
Friday, October 27th, 2006Last night was movie night at my house. I recommended that we see “Red Dawn.” I was excited to see a thriller like this. After sitting patiently through the movie, I decided to very, very short review on it.
First, here is the story:
“The film’s plot involves a Soviet and Cuban/Latin American invasion of the United States in the year 1984, igniting a world war. The story is about young people resisting military occupation.
The film is set in a small Colorado town, where a group of teenagers flee to the hills first to escape the Soviets, and eventually begin an insurgency against Soviet occupational forces. The Colorado high school students call themselves the Wolverines after their school’s mascot and proceed to launch raids, set ambushes, use sniper attacks, plant bombs and even execute a prisoner of war and one of their own American members who tried to betray them to the Soviets during their campaign.
The film’s epilogue suggests that the United States won the war several years later; a plaque is displayed with “Partisan Rock” in the background, which pays tribute to the Wolverines killed in action, and reveals that the events in the film occurred during the early days of World War III.”
I have to say that I expected more out of this movie. It was pretty one dimensional. While the makers of the film had a huge story to work with, they really kept it very basic. I can describe it like this: People invade; townspeople hide in the mountains and fight back. Damn, that was hot. Now, I know this movie was made a while ago back in the 80’s, but I have seen movies from that era with great storylines and special effects. Oh well…I guess I could recommend this movie only if you are really bored and have seen all the other movies out there.
