Review of Red Dawn (1984) by Dan Y — 29 Mar 2009
"Mark my words, one day you're in class passing notes about the prom when you look out the window and there are Russian paratroopers droppin' in to take over! What are you gonna do? Run out into the woods, call yourself the Wolverines? Put sticks in your hair, try to beat back the Rooskies?!".
The only thing cooler than the mention in GTA: Vice City is the movie itself. Let's face it, Hollyweird rarely shows American violently resisting an invading force (in this case communist) on our home soil. If they do, the writers and producers liken the invaders to the U.S. military and American civilians to Iraqis as the pricks who did the War of the Worlds remake. There's no equivalency or anti-American statements here, just awesome 80s brat pack cast versus commies.
Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey, all 80s icons with their appearances in classics such as Dirty Dancing, Back to the Future and The Hitcher. All they were missing was Matthew Broderick and Keith Coogan.
This review of Red Dawn (1984) was written by Dan Y on 29 Mar 2009.
Red Dawn has generally received mixed reviews.
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