Thoughts on: Red Dawn v2.0 in Thoughts On...

Admittedly, I don’t recall the original Red Dawn, you know the one with Patrick Swayze, Soul Man (C. Thomas Howell), Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen (his feature debut) & Jennifer Grey. What I do recall is that the cast hated each other. And that it was a sucky movie. However, it ranks 6.3 on IMDB.

Version 1 was set in Colorado & the invaders were Soviet, Nicaraguan & Cuban forces. In version 2, the setting is Spokane & the invaders are North Korean. Pay attention to this because it comes up again in another Thoughts On…

Version 2 stars Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Tom & Nicole’s son (Connor Cruise), some chick from Friday Light Nights (a show I never watched), Peta Melark (Josh Hutcherson).

So many things wrong with this movie. So very many things. First, why Spokane? Seriously they don’t even have a major sports team. Second, a group of high school kids are going to bring down North Korean forces? Because they know how to play Call of Duty? A joystick…err controller is not the same as an automatic weapon. But, with today’s lax gun laws I guess everyone can get ahold of one of those. Third, what happen to Tom I mean Daryl’s dad? Fourth, where the hell was SWAT/National Guard? Did they recall anyone from overseas military duty?

And finally, why remake a shitty movie?

Bright Spot: Jeffrey Dean Morgan aka Denny. Enough said.