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Red Dawn
Red Dawn is a 1984 American action drama film directed by John Milius, from a screenplay co-written with Kevin Reynolds. The film depicts a fictional World War III centering on a military invasion of the United States by an alliance of Soviet, Warsaw Pact, and Communist Latin American states.
In Red Dawn, teenagers defend the American homeland from invading forces. The story follows a group of teenage guerrillas, known as the Wolverines, in Soviet-occupied Colorado. The film stars Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey, with supporting roles played by Ben Johnson, Darren Dalton, Harry Dean Stanton, Ron O'Neal, William Smith and Powers Boothe.
Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film became a commercial success, grossing $38 million against a budget of $17 million. It was the first film to be released in the United States with a PG-13 rating under the modified rating system introduced on July 1, 1984. A remake was released in 2012.
In the 1980s, the United States has become increasingly isolated after a West German green political party persuades Western Europe to remove its nuclear weapons and NATO dissolves. The Soviet Union, devastated by a failed harvest, is forced to use military intervention to suppress food and labor riots in Poland. Soviet allies Cuba and Nicaragua build up their military strength, El Salvador and Honduras fall under Soviet influence, and a communist coup d'état seizes control in Mexico.
High school students in Calumet, Colorado witness a surprise Soviet-led invasion of their town. Brothers Jed and Matt Eckert escape the chaos of a Soviet paratroop attack. When Soviet, Cuban and Nicaraguan soldiers occupy Calumet, Jed, Matt, and their friends Robert, Danny, Daryl, and Arturo flee into the countryside with camping supplies, food, and weapons taken from Robert's father's store. They evade a Soviet roadblock assisted by a U.S. helicopter gunship, and narrowly escape into the mountains where they go into hiding. Weeks later upon learning that Mr. Eckert is being held at a re-education camp at Calumet's drive-in, they surreptitiously visit him and learn that Mrs. Eckert is dead. He asks his sons to avenge him.
Visiting the Mason family in occupied territory they learn Robert's father has been executed. The Masons ask Jed and Matt to care for their granddaughters, Toni and Erica, as the group retreats back to their camp. The group is eventually discovered in their forest hideout by a small group of Soviets and kill them in self-defense. The group begins launching guerilla attacks on the occupation forces, calling themselves the "Wolverines" after their high school mascot. The occupiers respond with brutal crackdowns, executing Mr. Eckert and Arturo's father. The Wolverines encounter crashed USAF pilot Andrew Tanner who informs them of the current state of the war: several American cities, including Washington D.C., were destroyed by nuclear strikes, Strategic Air Command was crippled by Cuban saboteurs, and paratroopers seized key positions in preparation for full-scale invasion via Mexico and Alaska. Most of southwestern United States and northwestern Canada are occupied but American counterattacks halted their advance between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. Europe has remained neutral, and America's only remaining foreign allies, China and the United Kingdom, actively resist the Soviets with weakened militaries.
Tanner joins the Wolverines, leading to further reprisals by occupation forces against civilians. Tanner and Arturo are killed in the crossfire of a tank battle while visiting the front line. Soviet Spetznaz commander Colonel Strelnikov arrives to track down the Wolverines. The spoiled Daryl defies Jed's orders and warnings, venturing into town to rescue his father on his own and is arrested by the KGB when his brainwashed father betrays him. Daryl is forced to swallow a tracking device and released to rejoin the Wolverines (this is not seen in the movie, but told by Daryl later) Soviet troops track the group but are ambushed by the Wolverines, who trace the source of the signal to Daryl. He confesses and pleads for mercy, but is killed by a furious Robert.
The remaining Wolverines are ambushed by Soviet helicopter gunships, which kill Toni and Robert. Jed and Matt attack the occupation forces in Calumet as a distraction to help Danny and Erica escape. Strelnikov mortally wounds Jed and Matt before Jed can kill him. They are discovered by Cuban Colonel Ernesto Bella, who, completely disillusioned with both the war and Communist ideology, lets them go before deserting. The brothers sit together on a park bench during their final moments. Danny and Erica trek through the mountains and reach American-held territory.
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Red Dawn
Red Dawn is a 1984 American action drama film directed by John Milius, from a screenplay co-written with Kevin Reynolds. The film depicts a fictional World War III centering on a military invasion of the United States by an alliance of Soviet, Warsaw Pact, and Communist Latin American states.
In Red Dawn, teenagers defend the American homeland from invading forces. The story follows a group of teenage guerrillas, known as the Wolverines, in Soviet-occupied Colorado. The film stars Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey, with supporting roles played by Ben Johnson, Darren Dalton, Harry Dean Stanton, Ron O'Neal, William Smith and Powers Boothe.
Despite mixed reviews from critics, the film became a commercial success, grossing $38 million against a budget of $17 million. It was the first film to be released in the United States with a PG-13 rating under the modified rating system introduced on July 1, 1984. A remake was released in 2012.
In the 1980s, the United States has become increasingly isolated after a West German green political party persuades Western Europe to remove its nuclear weapons and NATO dissolves. The Soviet Union, devastated by a failed harvest, is forced to use military intervention to suppress food and labor riots in Poland. Soviet allies Cuba and Nicaragua build up their military strength, El Salvador and Honduras fall under Soviet influence, and a communist coup d'état seizes control in Mexico.
High school students in Calumet, Colorado witness a surprise Soviet-led invasion of their town. Brothers Jed and Matt Eckert escape the chaos of a Soviet paratroop attack. When Soviet, Cuban and Nicaraguan soldiers occupy Calumet, Jed, Matt, and their friends Robert, Danny, Daryl, and Arturo flee into the countryside with camping supplies, food, and weapons taken from Robert's father's store. They evade a Soviet roadblock assisted by a U.S. helicopter gunship, and narrowly escape into the mountains where they go into hiding. Weeks later upon learning that Mr. Eckert is being held at a re-education camp at Calumet's drive-in, they surreptitiously visit him and learn that Mrs. Eckert is dead. He asks his sons to avenge him.
Visiting the Mason family in occupied territory they learn Robert's father has been executed. The Masons ask Jed and Matt to care for their granddaughters, Toni and Erica, as the group retreats back to their camp. The group is eventually discovered in their forest hideout by a small group of Soviets and kill them in self-defense. The group begins launching guerilla attacks on the occupation forces, calling themselves the "Wolverines" after their high school mascot. The occupiers respond with brutal crackdowns, executing Mr. Eckert and Arturo's father. The Wolverines encounter crashed USAF pilot Andrew Tanner who informs them of the current state of the war: several American cities, including Washington D.C., were destroyed by nuclear strikes, Strategic Air Command was crippled by Cuban saboteurs, and paratroopers seized key positions in preparation for full-scale invasion via Mexico and Alaska. Most of southwestern United States and northwestern Canada are occupied but American counterattacks halted their advance between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. Europe has remained neutral, and America's only remaining foreign allies, China and the United Kingdom, actively resist the Soviets with weakened militaries.
Tanner joins the Wolverines, leading to further reprisals by occupation forces against civilians. Tanner and Arturo are killed in the crossfire of a tank battle while visiting the front line. Soviet Spetznaz commander Colonel Strelnikov arrives to track down the Wolverines. The spoiled Daryl defies Jed's orders and warnings, venturing into town to rescue his father on his own and is arrested by the KGB when his brainwashed father betrays him. Daryl is forced to swallow a tracking device and released to rejoin the Wolverines (this is not seen in the movie, but told by Daryl later) Soviet troops track the group but are ambushed by the Wolverines, who trace the source of the signal to Daryl. He confesses and pleads for mercy, but is killed by a furious Robert.
The remaining Wolverines are ambushed by Soviet helicopter gunships, which kill Toni and Robert. Jed and Matt attack the occupation forces in Calumet as a distraction to help Danny and Erica escape. Strelnikov mortally wounds Jed and Matt before Jed can kill him. They are discovered by Cuban Colonel Ernesto Bella, who, completely disillusioned with both the war and Communist ideology, lets them go before deserting. The brothers sit together on a park bench during their final moments. Danny and Erica trek through the mountains and reach American-held territory.