Red Dawn

 

In Red Dawn, an American city 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 guerilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.

For the record - the original Red Dawn was not a great movie in terms of quality.  It was however a cult classic for me.  So this was one of the million remakes that Hollywood has churned out the last couple of years that made me cringe at the thought of it.  So I went in to this movie braced for an intense amount of pain.  And to be honest - it wasn't that bad.  Whoa.  Don't get me wrong.  It wasn't good at all, but it wasn't that bad.  The part that killed it the most was how atrocious the kid that used to be the fat guy from Drake & Josh was.  If that part was an actor with the tiniest shred of acting ability, this movie probably would have been much more digestible.  But since every scene had his face looking like Rocky Balboa talking to Adrienne, it just got so beyond annoying every time he was on screen. 

I would absolutely not recommend anyone bothering with this one.  I went into it with garbage expectations so I deemed the garbage acceptable . . . . . .for garbage.