Red Dawn Re-Done

[Onkel Neal]

Oh boy, looking forward to this.

lt's Friday night and the residents of Spokane are consumed with the thoughts of the local high school football game. The Wolverines just lost a nail biter and the team's quarterback Matt Eckert is trying to shake off the tough loss. Adding to Matt's worries is the sudden and unexpected return of his older brother Jed (played by Chris Hemsworth, STAR TREK). After their mom died, Jed left town with no warning and enlisted in the military. Now Jed is home unexpectedly after serving in Afghanistan and the brothers' relationship is strained at best. After some encouraging words from his dad and his girlfriend Erica, Matt heads home to sleep off his loss. The next morning Matt is startled awake as their whole house shakes violently. Running outside, Matt and Jed find the sky filled with parachutes and the streets lined with military vehicles. For the first time in history, the United States is being occupied by foreign armies. The invaders are calling themselves the "People's Liberation Army" and they easily outnumber the citizens of Spokane. Matt and Jed's worst nightmares are actualized as missiles scream into nearby houses, rocking them with explosions. On the once quiet streets of their neighborhood, U.S. citizens are being rounded up and taken prisoner. Suddenly, with horror, Matt realizes that the foreign invaders have captured his father and his girlfriend Erica. Matt screams out to them, vowing to save them as Jed drags his brother away to safety.

With the town completely overrun by the enemy, Matt and Jed watch helplessly as their father gives up his life to protect his family, allowing his sons to escape into the Cascade mountains. Determined to fight for their community and rescue what's left of their hometown, the brothers assemble a ragtag group of high school students and begin to fight back. Being a war hero, Jed is able to train this unlikely group of heroes the same way that he was trained. Soon they are transformed into sharp shooting, camouflaged, freedom fighters. Known as the "Wolverines" (after Matt's football team), the group soon becomes a national symbol for the resistance and the hope of Americans everywhere. What this enemy didn't realize is that what makes the U.S. great is not the size of its military, but rather the men and women who wear the uniform and the communities they come from.

With the help of an underground network of scared but brave townspeople, the Wolverines quickly go from a minor nuisance to serious threat as they begin to batter away at the invaders. Using their superior knowledge of the landscape that they grew up around gives them a strategic advantage. The foreign invaders want to destroy the American way of life but the Wolverines aren't going to let that happen.

Meanwhile, Matt is searching tirelessly for his girlfriend Erica who is being held prisoner by the invaders. He will stop at nothing to rescue the girl he loves even if it means risking his life to do so. With the fate of the country on the shoulders of these small town heroes, the Wolverines must summon the courage to overcome impossible odds and unity a town against the greatest threat this country ever faced. Outnumbered and with limited supplies, the Wolverines must rely on the spirit instilled in every small town across the U.S... protect your neighbor at all costs, because even though they aren't your blood, they're still your family. RED DAWN will show you that when this country is in its darkest hour, salvation can be found where we least expect it.

Doesn't say if the film takes place in the '80s, or current time. Wolverines!!

[ETR3(SS)]

People's Liberation Army

The Chinese will have a fit with that I'm sure. And 3/4 of America won't understand what the big deal is.

[Buddahaid]

Sounds just silly, but I'm an old fart.

Oooh! Rough night at Langtrees brothel!

[TarJak]

I remember seeing the original in the '80's. From reading the precis, I'd assume it's been updated 'cos it mentions Jed returing from a tour of Afghanistan. If it was the '80's then he would have not been sent there unless it was by the CIA I suspect.

The original wasn't terrible, it just wasn't very good either. Dunno that it would work in current time as the USSR doesn't scare the USA anymore and unless they do mean the Chinese PLA there ain't anyone else looking to come knocking at the moment that doesn't want to strap explosives to themselves and I can't see them doing a major airborne invasion.

The thing I never understood from the original was how the USSR was supposed to send all these troops over the Mid-West without the US forces putting up any sort of resistance before they got there.

[Freiwillige]

The original is one of my favorite films. Tarjak the Cuban, Russian invasion came from the west not the east. The midwest was free. Russian occupation only extended to the rocky mountains.

[VonHesse]

Originally Posted by TarJak

The thing I never understood from the original was how the USSR was supposed to send all these troops over the Mid-West without the US forces putting up any sort of resistance before they got there.

It was a three-pronged assault. Russians from the west, Nicaraguans cut through Mexico, and Cuba took the south.

I'm a geek for remembering that...

Can't wait to see a re-make. Hope they don't mess it up

[TarJak]

The the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines sat on their behinds and watched it happen? That was the bit I never understood. The movie was OK I just couldn't get behind the premise that the Reds would have been able to get as far as they did without some real fight from the Yanks.

Sorry Freewillige, my US geography was never that good.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by TarJak

The the US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines sat on their behinds and watched it happen? That was the bit I never understood. The movie was OK I just couldn't get behind the premise that the Reds would have been able to get as far as they did without some real fight from the Yanks.

Sorry Freewillige, my US geography was never that good.

If it's set now, that could happen with the 5th column: Obama

The opening scene to the movie:
Chinese paratroopers walk into a whitehouse party and say: You owe us a lot of money. Where's my money bee-hotch?

[nikimcbee]

whoa, look what I found:


http://www.reddawn2010.com/

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

If it's set now, that could happen with the 5th column: Obama

Yeh but it woulda never happened with Ronny Raygun in charge now would it? Ronny woulda smoked 'em!

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

The opening scene to the movie:
Chinese paratroopers walk into a whitehouse party and say: You owe us a lot of money. Where's my money bee-hotch?

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

whoa, look what I found:


http://www.reddawn2010.com/

I'm sure I saw you in both of the vids. First in the fan trailer in the Civil War reenactment and then on the Dangerous Citizen Alert board!

EDIT: Just found this well written review of the script of the remake: http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2009/0...script-review/

The review makes a good point that China is an unlikely threat, but I can't go along with his idea that North Korea would be a more plausible threat. They can't feed themselves let alone invade North America.

[Torplexed]

The Soviet plan in the original 1984 movie involved seizing every McDonald's drive-thru in the nation, thereby starving America into submission.

[TarJak]

So that is what they were after all along!

[Torplexed]

With the town completely overrun by the enemy, Matt and Jed watch helplessly as their father gives up his life to protect his family, allowing his sons to escape into the Cascade mountains

Looks like the script writers failed their geography. The Cascade Mountains are over a hundred miles from Spokane. Much easier to cross into Idaho and use the nearby Rockies, or the Selkirk Mountains to the north.

Better yet, let the enemy have Spokane. From my experience with that town they'll die of boredom within weeks.

[Oberon]

Egads, the Chinese are a sensitive lot at the best of times, I dread to think what kind of uproar they'll create when this is released.

However, it should make for fairly decent viewing alright