A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters.
John Milius's 1984 cult classic about American teens battling a Soviet invasion has been reinvented as a Tea Party wet dream that offers a scathing (if completely illogical) indictment of the federal government.
– Drew Hunt,
Chicago Reader,
21 Nov 2012
rotten:
Preposterously insincere ...
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
21 Nov 2012
rotten:
Take that, screaming North Koreans with no agenda!
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Nov 2012
rotten:
Red Dawn suffers from a number of serious problems. The first, and most obvious, is that this is mini-series material compressed into a 95-minute movie.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
21 Nov 2012
rotten:
It's Friday Night Lights territory, but without good writing or acting.