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, Isabel Lucas, Josh Hutcherson

1 win & 4 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

The city of Spokane, Washington is awakened by a North Korean paratrooper invasion. Marine Corps veteran Jed Eckert and his civilian brother, Matt, escape with a group of friends to an isolated cabin in the woods, where they witness the execution of their father at the hands of the ruthless Captain Cho. The brothers unite with their friends to form a guerrilla resistance group--the Wolverines--to drive the invaders from their home.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to arizona | invasion | escape | woods | resistance | 

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Taglines:

This Thanksgiving, The Fight Begins At Dawn

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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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:

Amenaza roja

Filming Locations:

Polsa Rosa Ranch - 5726 Soledad Canyon Road, Acton, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,276,668, 23 November 2012, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$44,806,783

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$50,950,296

Company Credits

Production Co:

FilmDistrict,Contrafilm,FilmNation Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in the Fall of 2009, halted by MGM's bankruptcy in 2010, and the controversy over using Chinese soldiers. The Chinese soldiers were changed to North Korean before releasing the film in 2012.

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Goofs

When Captain Cho gets into his vehicle at the beginning of the first chase scene, he closes the door with a loud slam. The door is clearly a standard HMMWV soft door with a plastic door handle, and would not make such a noise.

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Quotes

[first lines]
News Anchor: Fears of a second recession has caused panic in Europe's financial markets.
President Obama: The severity of this recession will cause more pain before it ends.
American Man: European Union cannot "bail out" Greece. You've seen the- the government of Spain coming out and saying, "We've had the same problem." Portugal says the same thing. There's some talk that Italy may be in trouble.
News Anchor: U.S. intelligence officials are growing more and more concerned that foreign operatives are surveilling computer systems that ...
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Connections

Referenced in On Cinema: 'Red Dawn' and 'Life of Pi' (2012)

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Soundtracks

Long As I Can See The Light
Written by John Fogerty
Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival

User Reviews

Uninspiring, poorly made film - with poor casting

A few of the positive reviews for this film were probably written by real people... like 13 year old boys, and frustrated, wannabe soldiers who failed the IQ test.

The rest can only have been added here by a cubicle farm of movie studio marketing drones, who really earned their pay trying to think of good things to say about this sad, career-damaging waste of time.

Josh Peck is one of the all-time worst casting calls, and should become a cautionary tale amongst casting agents.

Agent 1: 'What do you think of this guy for the main character?'

Agent 2: 'Are you trying to 'Josh Peck' this film?'

He looks about 20 years older than his older brother, and even in the most dramatic scenes - has a mopey expression on his face that makes you want to slap him. All I can imagine is that he helped fund the film, because there's no other logical reason for him playing this part.

I would have liked to be in the screening room when they showed this to the studio head. There was probably a long silence when the curtain fell, as half a dozen people were fired by text.