This movie is all kinds of vintage 1980's crazy awesome over-the-top ridiculous.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

Well, it's borderline excellent, hence good. The best performers were Patrick Swayze and Powers Booth. I was none too pleased with C. Thomas Howell's acting in the context of emotional range, though. The use of on-location effects, real aircraft, real tanks and life-size props, along with a cast prepared with boot camp experience, was remarkable. As for the premise, I'm not one to be too critical of the way the "cheesy" hypothetical scenario played out. It's kind of like transplanting the stuff that people in other countries deal with onto United States soil, so it's worth seeing. So, more power to the film. So, again, the only weak point was some of the acting.

2 years out of the navy.Still makes me cry like a schoolgirl.Great film.

I was. This movie was a big deal at the time, especially to teenagers. I have one friend who was traumatized by it and is now a full- blown prepper.
It's not surprising that modern audiences sneer at it and call it illogical, implausible garbage. To truly understand and appreciate this movie you really had to have been a teenager in the 80s.
Red Dawn has a lot cultural relevance to it, if you ignore the implausible story/plotline and watch it keeping in mind it's historical context. The Cold War between USA/ Russia was very real and scary to young people. The movie was written entirely for those kids, as the movie was seen and told only from their POV.
I watch this movie as an adult now and I am reminded of Obama's stupid joke to Mitt Romney "This isn't the 80 s anymore", dismissing his warnings about Russia. Here it is 2016 and guess what? Romney was right. Suddenly this movie doesn't seem so cheesy and improbable anymore.

It was a great movie. I loved it and still do.
Me too.
Though I had come across it on TV, had never watched it from start to finish until this week.
Great film.

It was a great movie. I loved it and still do.
I drank what?

Yeah, it's a tremendous film. A great cast, great story, great director plus it's filmed in a really classic way - just looks different. 80s films were so much fun but they always had some character and meaning to them, it wasn't an excuse for action - there was a point to this (unlike say, the sh!tty remake).
Acting like you some one-man GPS

I do, you have to consider that there are a ton of votes from libtards for this movie, which has a very obvious conservative tone and written by a conservative pro gun filmmaker John Milius.

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I LOVE THIS FILM !!!!

I do. It's possibly the best teen movie of the 1980's.

For me, this is one of the most exciting movies ever. Plus, the cast is one of the best of the decade.
Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!

I agree!

YES!!!
I loved this film as well, it's also one of my personal favorites!
You can probably describe this movie as "Platoon" for teenagers.
I really thought it was nostalgic and awesome !!!

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I wasn't back them but I'm a teen now and I agree it's awesome

WOLVERINES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw Red Dawn when I was 14 years old living on an Army Base in North Carolina and the experience (at that time) was powerful and exciting. I have just seen the movie again on Netflix (years, pounds and miles later) and I have to say that Red Dawn is a Spectacular (American) Movie!
The story was more powerful than I remembered and at that time period it's plot (regardless of how unlikely it was then or seems now) was plausible.
(For some of us, it was a very frightening time to be alive in the world; to have people you loved in the world.)
This movie is recorded memory of the global anxiety in The United States in the 1980's.

No one.
Remember When Movies Didn't Have To Be Politically Correct?

I saw it when I was a kid. I enjoyed it as an action film and in hindsight casting did a good job of picking a bunch of relative unknowns that went on to have something of a future in the industry.
And if it wasn't for this, I doubt Gray would have been cast in Dirty Dancing. ^_^

This movie is completely unbelievable, but it is awesome. Powers Boothe was my favorite character too. I always thought that it sucked that he had such a small amount of screen time, but he had a lot of character development. So, when he did die you actually felt the loss. I have never seen the remake and I don't want to. I have heard a lot of bad things about it
Memories, you're talking about memories.

It wasnt Oscar worthy, but it was entertaining. My favorite character was Powers Boothe. I usually like his roles and he provided a lot more development to the team. I really liked his line when they first met him "It was five to one, I got four".
"Freedom and morality do not go hand in hand. In fact, they are usually devoid of one another."

Most definitely agree I just gave this movie a 10
. Surprisingly I didn't discover this classic gem until the 1990's and was also a teenager in the 1980's ( oh well better late than never right ?
) . Thanks hugh750 for your subject post
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I was 13 when Red Dawn was released. As I recall it was the first PG-13 film. It is NOT an excellent film, and it is hurt by what was probably a very small budget and some wooden acting. It's not as bad as some would have you believe, but history has not been kind to it.
We know now but didn't know then that the Soviet Union was collapsing under its own weight and was not capable of launching a full scale invasion of the US. History will be unkind to the 2012 remake. North Korea will not invade us. The Chinese probably won't either. What we should fear the most these days is our own government.