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WATCHLIST 2022: Red Dawn (1984)

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25 of 250: Favorite Films - Red Dawn

Not long ago, work colleagues and I got into a discussion about what our favorite films were. Given my categorical nature I could not resist writing down a list and, as a writing challenge, have decided to write 250 word reviews of my favorite 25 films of all-time. Note: these are my favorite films, not what I think are the best films of all time.

Directed by: John Milius

Written by: Kevin Reynolds and John Milius

Starring: Patrick Swazye, Lea Thomson, Charlie Sheen, Jennifer Grey, Powers Boothe

Year/Country: 1984, United States

The first film to be given a PG-13 rating, John Milius’s Red Dawn is at once a conservative fever dream and a sobering look at the cost of war. Set in 1984, a group of high school students escape the start of World War III after their Colorado town is taken over by Soviet paratroopers. Over the course of months, this group morphs into a guerilla group styling themselves as the “Wolverines” to take on their Russian and Cuban occupiers.

Yes, the movie is ridiculous. And yet Milius’s film is more than the sum of its parts. A large part of that is due to Milius’s eye for striking imagery (the opening with descending paratroopers is always startling) and that forces his characters to make awful choices. Case in point - at one point one of the Wolverines betrays the group and leads the Russians to their hideout. At this point, Swazye and company must make a choice: abandon their comrade or execute him for treason. The Wolverines choose the latter. It’s not unanimous. Swazye is asked by his distraught brother, “what’s the difference between them and us?” Swayze, his face contorted with rage and grief, growls, “we live here!”

No one will accuse Milius of being a romantic and he is to be applauded for not making a rah-rah film. It’s an absurd premise that was paranoid even in its day. Yet, because Milius takes this premise seriously we in turn take it seriously as well (to our own surprise).

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Patrick Swayze and C. Thomas Howell ❤️

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"Ahhhh I've had such a busy day. Time to watch a nice comforting movie" *I put Red Dawn into the dvd player*

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Lying awake at 12:45 AM thinking about how Red Dawn is the best commentary on fascism ever put to screen and I need to rewatch it again. My brain picks interesting times to ponder these things.

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On December 21, 1984 Red Dawn debuted in Denmark, Spain and West Germany.

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i'm capable of watching the worst movie in the world just because i want to see the actor i have a crush on

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Hey balderonie. Catch.

I don't know why it's in black and white, but I know that this is one of the Red Dawn "T-72"s. It's actually a vismod based on the chassis of a US M8A1 tractor, which is in turn based on the Walker-Bulldog chassis. It's actually really impressive all the technical work that went into Red Dawn, and their attention to detail makes it one of my favorite movies to this day.

Below is the image from the movie in full color, as well as without the photobucket watermark.

100% confidence

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Destroyed Russian T-72B main battle tank placed at Russian Embassy in Riga, Latvia, February 24, 2023. Photo by D.P.  

P.S. What caught my attention was that this destroyed Russian T-72B main battle tank in Ukraine had got the “Wolverines!” graffiti from ‘Red Dawn’ treatment. There are certainly parallels to what is going on in Ukraine today and the 1984 film “Red Dawn” beyond the graffiti...  

Enlarge the photo and you will easily find the impact points of the anti-tank cumulative grenades at the bottom of the tower as well...  

Additional reading in article /Destroyed Armored Vehicle In Ukraine Gets The “Wolverines!” From ‘Red Dawn’ Treatment by Oliver Parken/: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/45153/destroyed-armored-vehicle-in-ukraine-gets-the-wolverines-from-red-dawn-treatment

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84 From '84: Gremlins

A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town. Cast: Zach Galligan as Billy Peltzer Phoebe Cates as Kate Beringer Hoyt Axton as Randall “Rand” Peltzer Polly Holliday as Ruby Deagle Frances Lee McCain as Lynn Peltzer Judge Reinhold as Gerald Hopkins Dick Miller as Murray…

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Red Dawn released 40 years ago on August 10, 1984.

"Wolverines!"

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On December 13, 1984 Red Dawn debuted in Australia.