Red Dawn (2012)

[MacGuffin]

Release date: November 21, 2012

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Directed by: Dan Bradley

Premise: A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers.

[Pwaybloe]

Hilarious. 

[polkablues]

Best comedy since 2012 (the movie, not the year).

[InTylerWeTrust]

Wait, is that the dude from Drake and Josh!?... Haven't seen that guy in ANYTHING in a long while.

Honest question: Does Chris Hemsworth have to be in every movie now? UGH, It's like Shia Labeouf all over again...

[Jeremy Blackman]

North Korea... really?

Actually I just remembered that I've heard about this. It was originally China, but they changed it:


http://www.upi.com/blog/2012/08/10/WATCH-Red-Dawn-remake-trailer-shows-off-the-new-wolverines/3871344620628/

Filmed three years ago, "Red Dawn" underwent substantial revisions after MGM decided to change the film's enemy invaders from Chinese to North Korean, so as not to diminish potential box office returns in China and to stave off charges of xenophobia.

The Awl obtained a copy of the original script in 2010, calling it a "bald example of how one-dimensionally America generally, at all levels, thinks about China and Chinese people."

"We were initially very reluctant to make any changes," said one of the film's producers, Tripp Vinson, of the heavy re-editing in the LA Times.

"But after careful consideration we constructed a way to make a scarier, smarter and more dangerous 'Red Dawn' that we believe improves the movie."

[polkablues]

Honest question: Does Chris Hemsworth have to be in every movie now? UGH, It's like Shia Labeouf all over again...

If it helps, back when this movie was actually made in 2009, he was hardly in any movies.

[matt35mm]

And Cabin in the Woods also had a freak accident of a delay. It's actually more like Jessica Chastain all over again; a steadily-working actor who, for reasons beyond his/her control, has everything they've been working on for the past 3 years come out in the same year.

[The Ultimate Badass]

The USA is invaded by N. Korea? LOL. Last I heard they can't even feed themselves. A more realistic scenario would be the USA invaded by circus midgets.

The original Red Dawn is pure vintage 80's Americana gold, and all that entails.

[RegularKarate]

I'm crossing my fingers for a balls-to-the-wall ridiculous over-patriotic fucking action movie, but I'll probably get a watered-down pussy movie with a few decent action scenes.