Red Dawn - Invasion of the US by a communist regime.
I loved the old movie with Patrick Swayze et. al..... and it was a million times better and MORE BELIEVABLE than this new movie.
I can only blame poor writing on this movie. First you want to kill one of the main characters yourself... so it's hard to feel anything but homicidal about him. Chris Hemsworth was the only bright spot in the movie and used to be a soldier so it gives some credence to the things he does. However, he somehow trains teenagers to be awesome hand to hand fighters and weapons specialists in a tiny amount of time.
First of all, they used ammo like it was free flowing in the water. Also, they had amazing bomb making abilities and took guerrilla warfare to a whole new level.
In the first movie, they were practically starving, fighting for their lives, using sneaky dirty tactics that inexperienced people use when fighting. It made sense. This movie takes the food and fighting situation out of it. By the time some of the crew die, you realize you don't care that much. They really focused too much on the romantic side and the CGI explosions.
It's sad when the lone scene of Jennifer Grey in the first movie hiding a grenade on herself so when they move her body she can take a few with them, is more moving image than all the 'moves' the wolverines did in this movie.
Cross reference like-ability: If you like Snow White (bad movies with Chris Hemsworth), then you would like this movie
Favorite Line: "Marines don't die, they just regroup in Hell."
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