I thought this movie was stupid back when I saw it. It doesn't get any less stupid with time.
Plot: USA gets over run by Russians. Intrepid bunch of young'uns fight them in Colorado.
It's hard to say what's more stupid. . .the notion of America being invaded by Russia or the sight of Soviet tanks rolling over the mountains of Colorado, or the cast.
The cast. C. Thomas Howell as gritty Wolverine.. Lea Thompson as tragic Wolverine. Charlie Sheen as pain in the ass Wolverine. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey! And let's state the obvious: any minute you expect them to throw off their camouflage and mambo. . .though of course DIRTY DANCING was three years after this opus.
If you don't know what a Wolverine is, please. Experience RED DAWN for yourself and find out.
And absolutely everyone in this movie is a stereotype. . .EVERYONE, Russian or American or Cuban. But then again, this thing was directed by three fisted he-man John Milius, so there you go.
Anyhow, it's good for some yucks if not out right hysteria.
Plot: USA gets over run by Russians. Intrepid bunch of young'uns fight them in Colorado.
It's hard to say what's more stupid. . .the notion of America being invaded by Russia or the sight of Soviet tanks rolling over the mountains of Colorado, or the cast.
The cast. C. Thomas Howell as gritty Wolverine.. Lea Thompson as tragic Wolverine. Charlie Sheen as pain in the ass Wolverine. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey! And let's state the obvious: any minute you expect them to throw off their camouflage and mambo. . .though of course DIRTY DANCING was three years after this opus.
If you don't know what a Wolverine is, please. Experience RED DAWN for yourself and find out.
And absolutely everyone in this movie is a stereotype. . .EVERYONE, Russian or American or Cuban. But then again, this thing was directed by three fisted he-man John Milius, so there you go.
Anyhow, it's good for some yucks if not out right hysteria.