Red Dawn

Red Dawn (2012)

Welcome to the home of the brave.

Release:2012
Runtime:1h 33m
Country:United States
Director:Dan Bradley
Language:English

Keywords

Guerrilla WarfareSibling RelationshipFightInvasionRemakeMilitaryBrothers

Red Dawn rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb5.3/10· 83K votes
Rotten Tomatoes15%
Metacritic31%
TMDb5.712/10· 2K votes

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

    Chris Hemsworth

    as Jed Eckert

  • Josh Peck

    Josh Peck

    as Matt Eckert

  • Josh Hutcherson

    Josh Hutcherson

    as Robert Kitner

  • Isabel Lucas

    Isabel Lucas

    as Erica Martin

  • Adrianne Palicki

    Adrianne Palicki

    as Toni Walsh

  • Connor Cruise

    Connor Cruise

    as Daryl Jenkins

  • Edwin Hodge

    Edwin Hodge

    as Danny

  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan

    Jeffrey Dean Morgan

    as Sgt. Maj. Andy Tanner

  • Michael Beach

    Michael Beach

    as Mayor Jenkins

  • Alyssa Diaz

    Alyssa Diaz

    as Julie

  • Matt Gerald

    Matt Gerald

    as Hodges

  • Brett Cullen

    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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