Red Dawn

Red Dawn

Rating 5 out of 10

They have run out of good movies to remake and have dropped down to remaking bad movies of the 1980s.  When you think of it that is pretty smart.  When remaking a good movie like Footloose it's too easy to suffer by comparison.  When you are remaking a movie as bad as the 1984 original starring Patrick Swayze  you have nowhere to go but up.  That is the best I can say about the new Red Dawn is it's better than the original.  This was my Thanksgiving movie with the youngest son as the wife plots out her Black Friday attack schedule with her sister.  Rocky was determine to see this one.  He didn't remember the original since he wasn't born yet.

A Washington town wakes up one morning as all the power goes out and hundreds of North Korean soldiers parachuting in.  It seems the Korean's have come up with a pulse bomb that kills all electrical power.  Of course without electricity our military is held defenseless?  Well lucky for us our hero Jed (Chris Hemsworth who is Thor in his off time) is home from serving in Iraq.  His dad is the towns sherif and brother is the HS football star.  He gathers a rag tag group of mostly high school boys and heads into the hills.  From there they execute attacks against the military that can not be stopped.

I can pick this movie apart with my eyes closed.  I'll be nice here.  It is pretty silly for the most part.  The action is as good as you would expect for a movie like this.  The stars (including Tom Cruise's adopted son) are good looking.  It's not a horrible way to spend a couple hours.  Rocky liked it alot.