
Red Dawn (2012)
Welcome to the home of the brave.
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Red Dawn rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
With 15% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.3/10 on IMDb and 31/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Red Dawn
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.
Cast of Red Dawn

Chris Hemsworth
as Jed Eckert

Josh Peck
as Matt Eckert

Josh Hutcherson
as Robert Kitner

Isabel Lucas
as Erica Martin

Adrianne Palicki
as Toni Walsh

Connor Cruise
as Daryl Jenkins

Edwin Hodge
as Danny

Jeffrey Dean Morgan
as Sgt. Maj. Andy Tanner

Michael Beach
as Mayor Jenkins

Alyssa Diaz
as Julie

Matt Gerald
as Hodges

Brett Cullen
as Sgt. Tom Eckert
Red Dawn facts
- Budget
- $65M
- Box office
- $44.8M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Invasion premise delivers guerrilla warfare action spectacle
- •Brothers fighting together provides emotional character motivation
- •Military thriller respects action franchise expectations
What the audience disliked
- •Remake formula feels uninspired and creatively exhausted
- •Fight choreography underdeveloped compared to modern standards
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