Red Dawn (2012)

A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.

Director:

Dan Bradley

Writers:

Carl Ellsworth (screenplay), Jeremy Passmore (screenplay),

Stars:

Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Hemsworth	...	Jed Eckert
Josh Peck	...	Matt Eckert
Josh Hutcherson	...	Robert Kitner
Adrianne Palicki	...	Toni Walsh
Isabel Lucas	...	Erica Martin
Connor Cruise	...	Daryl Jenkins
Edwin Hodge	...	Danny
Brett Cullen	...	Tom Eckert
Alyssa Diaz	...	Julie
Julian Alcaraz	...	Greg
Will Yun Lee	...	Captain Cho
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Tanner
Fernando Chien	...	Lt. Pak
Kenneth Choi	...	Smith
Matt Gerald	...	Hodges

Storyline

A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.

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Plot Keywords:

teenager | invasion | north korean | soldier | tank | 

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Taglines:

When Marines die, we go to hell and regroup!

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense war violence and action, and for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Korean

Release Date:

21 November 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Amanhecer Violento

Filming Locations:

Raleigh Michigan Studios- 1999 Centerpoint Parkway, Pontiac, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$14,276,668 (USA) (21 November 2012)

Gross:

$44,800,706 (USA) (15 February 2013)

Company Credits

Production Co:

FilmDistrict, Contrafilm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The invading army in the original 1984 movie was the Soviet Union, which no longer exists, and Cuba. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was chosen as the enemy in this updated version.

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Goofs

The bus carrying hostages in Spokane is labeled Ballard School District. Ballard is a suburb of Seattle, which is 275 miles west of Spokane.

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Quotes

Robert: Wolverines!

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Connections

References Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (2011)

User Reviews

"Red Dawn" is a cheap sucker-punch to our time and money

This pitiful remake is nothing more than a hurried excuse to make money off of an 80′s action brand that made its money off of the pretty faces that starred in it, by doing more of the same. Oh well, we've got Chris Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson, right? (both fine actors, by the way). But wait, hell with them, let's have a greasy-looking, stoner-faced, mumbling Josh Peck as our war-torn hero. These "pretty faces" fill out the empty space where the rest of the story about a hostile North Korean attack on American soil should be. Wait, where's the United States military? Hell with them, there's some device that shut them all down, and these kids are our last hope! Yeah, right. If you can tie an anchor to every last one of your disbeliefs and drown them in the waters of horrible cinema, then maybe you can appreciate one or two of the well- orchestrated and intense action scenes that "Red Dawn 2.0″ has to offer. Maybe you can even grow attached to some of the characters. But hell with all that, and hell with an ending. That's the reward for your investment. But hey, the studios probably made enough money for a sequel. So there's that.