Red Dawn Remake Plans A New Invasion
Fans of bad '80s movies will no doubt remember 1984’s Red Dawn, a classic in fear-mongering anti-Communist propaganda that was written and directed by John Milius (Conan The Barbarian). On Saturday at Cannes, MGM suits announced that they are considering a remake of the movie that helped launch the careers of Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Jennifer Grey and Lea Thompson. The plot followed a group of high school kids (”The Wolverines”) who are forced to go to war after Russian forces invade their small Colorado town, literally landing helicopters on the school’s football field. Even if you didn’t realize it, you were watching a thinly veiled tribute to the movie on South Park’s 2003 episode Grey Dawn, where the AARP invades their Colorado town after they try to ban old people from driving.
Given the fact that the Cold War has been a wrap for 20 years, we can’t help but wonder: who will the bad guys be in the remake? China? North Korea? Al Qaeda? After the jump, watch the trailer for the original Red Dawn and take a guess.
Sam May 20, 2008 at 1:15 pm
The bad guys should be liberals as they are doing the most damage to the country.
Bob May 20, 2008 at 2:07 pm
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the love of GOD, STOP WITH THE REMAKES. NO ONE WANTS THEM, AND THE ORIGINALS ARE ALWAYS BETTER
Larry King May 23, 2008 at 10:06 pm
This movie should get remade, but whom would the enemy be, I say the Russians and the Muslims, in the oringinal it was the Russians and Cubans, but I think there is so much political correctness now, that it will be interesting to see what the filmakers come up with. I doubt they will film anything that has China or Russia invading the US, maybe something with Muslims, but who knows??
Russia invading would great for cinema, but again everything is much more PC than it was in the 80’s, and that STINKS.
burtp May 29, 2008 at 4:46 am
Unless the original actos are brought back and a kick ass story is made…forg’et about et
Jason June 3, 2009 at 8:31 pm
The New remake will have CHINA invade the US with the Russians helping them. Scary.
Ted July 28, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Having CHINA invade makes perfect sense, people who say the Chinese Military is weak or is no match for the United States needs to do some serious research. CHINA has the largest standing army in the world. It’s large and is well armed. They also have a very capable air force, and a growing naval presence. I could see CHINA and RUSSIA invading the US. If they ever found a way to knock out US satellites, also launch cyber attacks that cause the US defense computers to crash, also knocking out power and communications grids, an invasion wouldn’t be that far fetched. CHINA and RUSSIA both know the advancements the US has in technology, so doesn’t anyone think that the CHINESE and RUSSIANS are working on ways to get around that technology. Think about it. I’m sure this movie will show how such a scenario could take place. Maybe it will change Obamas decision to cut funding for production of F-22 fighter planes, but I doubt it. We seem to think that Russia is no longer a threat just because they no longer call themselves the Soviet Union. Very Idiotic Thinking. Anyway hope this Red Dawn remake is good, hope it scares the hell out of those who have become complacent about Russian and Chinese military capabilities.
WKRP August 6, 2009 at 7:07 pm
ALL SIGNS POINT TO THE INVADER BEING OUR “FRIENDS” IN RED CHINA…
I’d say CHINA has the manpower to invade any country, CHINA is upgrading it’s naval forces, air force, also CHINA is building Aircraft carriers, CHINA also has the largest number of
commandos, special ops, forces. They are very
much a threat to the United States military.
CHINA is also quite fond of cyberwarfare.