Case Number 11814  RED DAWN (1984)  MGM // 1984 // 114 Minutes
// Rated PG-13 Reviewed by Judge Adam Arseneau (Retired) //
August 6th, 2007  The Charge  Like Dirty Dancing, except with
more communism and explosions.  Opening Statement  A Twilight
Zone "what if?" doomsday scenario of Cold War paranoia tearing
through middle America, Red Dawn is a grim, patriotic, and often
unintentionally hilarious cult movie, featuring early
performances from some of the biggest names of the 1980s. I
mean, you've got Patrick Swayze (Dirty Dancing), Charlie Sheen
(Platoon), Jennifer Grey (also Dirty Dancing), Lea Thompson
(Back to the Future), and C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders) in
early roles, toting machine guns and fighting the Russian army
-- in Colorado! What more could you want?  Well, that's a good
question. Red Dawn is a film that many remember fondly, singing
its praise aloud to others, but I suspect secretly avoid
watching in private, because, really, the movie kind of sucks.
Yeah, I said it. Bring it on, you Wolve