‘Red Dawn’ is a remake of the 1984 invasion movie starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen (the enemies in that flick were the Soviet Union). The new version stars Chris Hemsworth, ‘Hunger Games’ star Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and likely won’t hit theaters until 2012.
Half the reason 1984′s Red Dawn worked was because the U.S. Government had us all scared that the U.S.S.R was, “gonna get YOU!” The fact is the Soviet Union was never in any position to invade the U.S. If there ever was a war between Russa and the United States it would have been fought over in Russia, and not here. The biggest obstical an invader would have is the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, not to mention the worlds greatest navy. With that said it was a good movie, just the fact is it was a military fantasy and nothing more.
Red Dawn is a film that’s very much a product of its time. I doubt a film about Communist invasion will resonate with anyone in 2011 like it did in 1984. The N. Koreans aren’t our friends, but I don’t think many people see them the same way people viewed the Soviets and Cubans either. N. Korean simply isn’t doesn’t pose an actual threat to us.