Review of Red Dawn (1984) by Janet Maslin for The New York Times — 26 Dec 2004
Red Dawn may be rabidly inflammatory, but it isn't dull. Mr. Milius does know how to keep a story moving. He might well have turned this into a genuinely stirring war film, if he had not also made it so incorrigibly gung-ho.
But the effectiveness of its chilling premise, from a story by Kevin Reynolds, is dissipated by wildly excessive directorial fervor at every turn.
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This review of Red Dawn (1984) was written by Janet Maslin and published by The New York Times on 26 Dec 2004.
Red Dawn has generally received mixed reviews.
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