I remember growing up in the 1980's and the looming threat of nuclear annihilation from the Soviet Union. This was one of my favorite movies as a kid and still is decades later.
Ragemutt Me too! That was me as teenager when this came out! When I heard about the ladies in film I saved up my lawn mower money to go see this movie!
"I was living Red Dawn. I was leaping out of spider holes, mowing down Russkies at the age of eight." That was me, exactly. People who weren't around then and bash the movie just can't relate.
Tr00peroid Me too. I did it in the same neighborhood Patrick Swayze did coincidentally tho I didn’t know it at the time. My aunt and mom actually dated him back when they went to Waltrip High School together. Life is weird
I was just a year away from becoming draft-eligible when this move came out. I never expected that we would get through the Cold War without actually having WWIII. Anyone that didn’t live through some significant period of the Cold War just cannot ever understand the fatalism and nihilism of kids of the 70’s and early 80’s.
That's how kids play. Add play station . Chemistry sets, science projects on rainy days. Walk through fields to find arrowheads from 1800's. Making weapons. Yeah, good times.
Saw this movie when I was about 8 years old at the drive in theater with my dad and brother. After seeing it I think I lived the rest of my childhood preparing for when this would happen for real. I always took a moment to take a look outside for parachutes in any class in school that I had with outward facing windows, LOL :)
I was the same way. I married a woman from Romania and I told her how convinced I was as a kid that the Russians would invade someday. She said that if I had said that to someone from any Warsaw Pact country, they would have thought it was hilarious. After seeing Ivan up close, they weren't too impressed.
The parachutes coming down was awesome and iconic. I was about your age when I watched it with my dad, and I remember thinking that the only think keeping an enemy army from invading in this fashion was simpy their decision not to. I couldn't understand how we could keep them from just dropping out of the sky. Scary as Hell, still an awesome movie.
I think aside from the Wolverines, Colonel Bella was one of my favorite characters in this movie. Despite how he was a villain, Bella wasn't heartless and cruel towards the Wolverines. Bella even said he was an insurgent himself and he sympathized with them. And ultimately, it was his sympathy that won out and he showed mercy on Jed and Matt. That's why I love his character.
I beg to differ. That's what I kept hearing, then I watched the original and thought it was a piece of crap next to the 2012 version. Seriously, the new one is ABSURDLY underrated. So much so, that I suspect the critics were largely politically-motivated....
@@manofthehour5580 That's nothing, some movies spend decades in the canner... The new movie is irrevocably some of the worst, stupidest, most cynical garbage to ever be produced though. There is no God fearing man of any persuasion who should enjoy it on any level.
@@horacepthompkin Sorry 🙏 I beg to differ. I haven't seen one decent remake of a 70s or 80s movie. The recent Red Dawn doesn't even deserve to be called a remake of Red Dawn.
I was 8 yrs old when this came out , loved it then and love it now !!! RED DAWN , SHOULD BE MANDATORY VIEWING FOR GRADUATING SENIORS !!!! LIVE FREE OR DIE !!!
I wish we lived in a world, where the 2012 remake never was made. Red Dawn as a tv series done right, would be awesome. Updated for 2019, but keep a lot of the original movie. Jericho proves it could be popular and done well.
I loved the fact that this movie didn't just take U.S. military equipment and paint a big red star on it! They did an excellent job with the T-72, ZSU-23-4, BTR-60, SA-7 etc. The only equipment flaw I noticed were the blue and yellow RPG-7 rounds
"You think you're tough for eating beans every day? There's half a million scarecrows in Denver who'd give anything for one mouthful of what you got. They've been under siege for about three months. They live on rats and sawdust bread and sometimes... on each other. At night, the pyres for the dead light up the sky. It's medieval."
Yup... Both she and Jennifer Grey are really sexy. Other actresses rely on getting naked but both Ms Grey and Ms Thompson just exude wit, charm, intelligence, athleticism and sexiness... I'd love to meet them... (If just to say they were my first crushes :). )
Yep....when I was a teen, I thought Leah Thompson was the hottest female I had ever seen. When I look at those old movies of her...I'm like....uh YEAH.
Patrick Swayze and Charlie sheen became stars in the years after the release of the film. For Patrick it was dirty dancing, for Charlie it was platoon respectively.
Thank you for that video. It's really something special to be a part of that generation and to grow up with the actors and actresses that made it such a pivotal part of cinema which I absolutely treasure work of art!
I saw this as a Junior in high school. Upon graduation I joined the Army, paratrooper medic. Did that for 4 years then another 4 as a Cav Scout. Moved to the Air Force after that and retired in 2019 (32 years of service). Yes, watching this original in the hight of the Cold War, then putting on a uniform for real about a year later was much more impressive than watching the remake so many years later.
@P.G. Borg I was in the Army at Fort Lewis Washington. 9th Inf Div, 3/47. I was still a medic (91B1P) at that time. We just got back from a rotation in Sinai, Egypt (MFO) and just turned in our "Chocolate Chips" Deserrt BDU's. Not until I renlisted did I change to 19D in 1992. I guess the short answer is no, I wasn't a part of Desert Shield or Desert Storm. Many 19D's I ended up with did, they were from units from the 82nd and 3rd ACR.
My son and I watched Red Dawn a hundred times growing up. He went on to join the US Army, infantry, Ranger School, two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, but now is man of the cloth as a Major in the Reserves. I think I brainwashed him a little. Even though the quote has been discredited, Admiral Yamamoto's response to the question about invading America says it all. " I fear there would be rifle behind every blade of grass.” 20 million Ar 15's and counting. "Wolverines!!"
This was a great movie---I was 14 when it came out & it was so groundbreaking because there were quite a few 1980's-ish films where kids were major players--but it was hoaky at best. But Red Dawn made the audience believe it could happen and without aliens or magical intervention. These rag-tag kids had only hunting rifles in the beginning (until they killed a guy & got a weapons upgrade) and this is 1 of the only movies where people took gear off fallen enemies. Real guerrilla tactics.
When I was a kid we used to play with toy guns and I don't think we were any worse for it. I think we've politically corrected ourselves to the point where we brainwashed ourselves into thinking things are dangerous when they really aren't.
WTF are you blathering on about? Kids play with toy guns, except for little black kids because their mama doesn't want them murdered by police for playing with it.
This movie is why no foreign commander w/ any sense would ask his troops, knowing that America has 300 M personally owned arms, would try to invade America .
Herrpy derrrp derp. The US is a vast land mass that would be impossible to maintain any kind of control over so long as there was even a semblance of resistance. The same if the US tried to invade Russia or China. ARMED OR NOT. It's not as if every civilian is gonna have a a fuck ton of high capacity explosive ordnance. Christ almighty you lot are so brainwashed.
Like your lard ass would grab your gun and fight the invaders. You'd be out of breath before you made it to the medicine cabinet to grab your diabetes and blood pressure pills.
Rodmunch1973, Look at how many people joined the U.S. military in the 2-4 years after 9/11. Now imagine 25,000 foreign troops conquering half of all of the land in Nebraska and Kansas in less than one month. There would be so many people joining the U.S. military that either one of 2 things would need to happen........... 1) Basic training is shortened to NEEDING ONLY combat and survivalism training (everything else would be done by those that are already serving)............... 2) 50% of all people that would attempt to join would be kicked out by force within 2 weeks. If you can't muster doing "this" and "that" and "some other damn thing" within 7 days then we don't have time to wait for you to come up to speed. If you don't know how to cook out in the woods we don't need you. If you can't walk 10 miles with a 20 pound pack on your back without stopping for lunch, you aren't good enough. If you're not willing to accept that there are certain aspects of "creature comforts" that you're GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITHOUT, don't even bother applying. I'm already in my mid 50s and never joined the U.S. military (partly because I was a "crybaby mamas boy" even yesterday, partly because I never wanted to kill anybody that wasn't threatening my existence) but if Red Dawn was to come true in my country I would apply for basic knowing that I'm too old to lead, and too childish to command, but I'm not too old or infeebled to stay in one place waiting for an enemy that might not arrive for more than 3 or 4 days.
@@nakedfaves He's not wrong; Americas death will come from corruption and decadence. The army itself lists its greatest threat as a declining pool of valid warriors. Don't take our word for it: www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/10/10/americas-obesity-is-threatening-national-security-according-to-this-study/ America needs healthcare and nutrition programmes. We're being pumped full of hormones, and denied basic medicine by the elites who want to tap our blood to make sheqels. And no, this isn't about Jews. The elites of any race will sell us out, look at Obama. Then look at Bush. Then look at Reagan. There are two peoples: the poor and the rich.
TheTruth isn't always what it seems... I hope this film inspires all people to recognize the point the actress made at that end; kids always end up fighting wars. Focus on solutions; solve problems; save lives.
That was a great character (you could see doubt in his eyes throughout the film, it was top notch acting) and that last scene was a great moment in the film.
Whereas most World War 3 films focus on the Armageddon aspect, this one focuses more on the characters, with Armageddon part kept in the background (the Powers Booth character reveals that there was a nuclear war between Russia and China but unlike other apocolyptic type films, the nuclear conflict aspect of the story is never given any more detail beyond Powers Booth's comment).
I ttly agree that the original is so much better than the remake. I live in the city/area where this picture was filmed and still to this day remember to this day the director and crew creating so many parts/scenes of the movie. Meeting many of the primary cast and crew was a big bonus. Funny how I will remember them much more than they would remember who I was. An experience I will never forget
This movie is full of mistakes. Charlie's hat blows off because the fan off camera was making the smoke look like it's coming from the rocket propelled grenade. 😁
Maybe I was just young (although I'm the same age as C Thomas Howell) but I never saw this movie as a political commentary. To me, it was a great character development story. How each character reacted to this situation was fascinating. Some were weak. Some went psycho. Some just died quietly on a swing set and the world never missed them at all except for a name in paint on a rock somewhere. This wasn't a story (at least to me) of how we got there and capitalism vs communism. This was an eternal story of children turning to adults too soon in the face of war. It was also a story of how I grew up in Kentucky when we would tell outsiders, "If I were you, I wouldn't try and follow us into those woods over there intent on mischief. Those are our woods, and we know them better than you know your own bathroom at home."
I am a liberal...but I LOVED it and have been a prepper ever since. Liberals love freedom too. Some of us might even kill over it. Is there vegan gluten-free killing?
It's not so far fetched as far as movies go. If you can survive in the wilderness and learn to work as hunters you can fight a guerrilla war. It was even recommended in the book The Prince that if you have no military skills you should take up hunting. Incidentally many native fighters are often hunters to start with.
still better than the remake. All the players were a perfect fit for their roles. This may have been Sheen's first big role, but he still did a small scene in Ferris Buhlers day off, at the end of the movie, with Jennifer Grey. I hated she died in this film.
R.I.P Patrick Swayze.
+Ferdinand Barros forever a wolverine.
megaben99 yup.
RIP Powers Boothe.
immortal alpha bear king brother don swayze
R.I.P. Charlie Sheen's girlfriends
RIP Powers Boothe... The man, the voice, the legend.
and "Army pukes" IS what USAF calls the Army!!!
If you watch the last scene of the 1984 Red Dawn w/o getting misty-then you are probably dead inside and without any real/true capacity to feel.
William Durland absolutely I know your comment was from a year ago, but I agree totally
Or you are a Russian, who is laughing his ass off by the end of this brilliant comedy.
I remember growing up in the 1980's and the looming threat of nuclear annihilation from the Soviet Union. This was one of my favorite movies as a kid and still is decades later.
shoot, that was from the 50s onward
Ragemutt Me too! That was me as teenager when this came out! When I heard about the ladies in film I saved up my lawn mower money to go see this movie!
I can remember in high school in the late 70s saying: "It's going to happen eventually so why not just get it over with."
"I was living Red Dawn. I was leaping out of spider holes, mowing down Russkies at the age of eight."
That was me, exactly. People who weren't around then and bash the movie just can't relate.
Tr00peroid
Me too. I did it in the same neighborhood Patrick Swayze did coincidentally tho I didn’t know it at the time. My aunt and mom actually dated him back when they went to Waltrip High School together. Life is weird
I was just a year away from becoming draft-eligible when this move came out. I never expected that we would get through the Cold War without actually having WWIII. Anyone that didn’t live through some significant period of the Cold War just cannot ever understand the fatalism and nihilism of kids of the 70’s and early 80’s.
Yes no one these days knows how real we thought this could have been.
That's how kids play. Add play station . Chemistry sets, science projects on rainy days. Walk through fields to find arrowheads from 1800's. Making weapons. Yeah, good times.
These days teach kids to make see four. That robot stuff.
Saw this movie when I was about 8 years old at the drive in theater with my dad and brother. After seeing it I think I lived the rest of my childhood preparing for when this would happen for real. I always took a moment to take a look outside for parachutes in any class in school that I had with outward facing windows, LOL :)
I was the same way. I married a woman from Romania and I told her how convinced I was as a kid that the Russians would invade someday. She said that if I had said that to someone from any Warsaw Pact country, they would have thought it was hilarious. After seeing Ivan up close, they weren't too impressed.
The parachutes coming down was awesome and iconic. I was about your age when I watched it with my dad, and I remember thinking that the only think keeping an enemy army from invading in this fashion was simpy their decision not to. I couldn't understand how we could keep them from just dropping out of the sky. Scary as Hell, still an awesome movie.
I think aside from the Wolverines, Colonel Bella was one of my favorite characters in this movie. Despite how he was a villain, Bella wasn't heartless and cruel towards the Wolverines. Bella even said he was an insurgent himself and he sympathized with them. And ultimately, it was his sympathy that won out and he showed mercy on Jed and Matt. That's why I love his character.
The original is so much better than the new one
I beg to differ. That's what I kept hearing, then I watched the original and thought it was a piece of crap next to the 2012 version. Seriously, the new one is ABSURDLY underrated. So much so, that I suspect the critics were largely politically-motivated....
@@horacepthompkin The whole movie was politically motivated So much so that the movie was canned for a whole year.
@Diego Martin Pintos yeah, I liked the original better than the new one too.
@@manofthehour5580 That's nothing, some movies spend decades in the canner...
The new movie is irrevocably some of the worst, stupidest, most cynical garbage to ever be produced though. There is no God fearing man of any persuasion who should enjoy it on any level.
@@horacepthompkin Sorry 🙏 I beg to differ. I haven't seen one decent remake of a 70s or 80s movie. The recent Red Dawn doesn't even deserve to be called a remake of Red Dawn.
A GUN BEHIND EVERY BLADE OF GRASS...
One of the few western countries that would be as hard as vietnam to hold.
Always will be long live the Republic!
Thank you, John Milius. Greatest movie ever made.
I was 8 yrs old when this came out , loved it then and love it now !!!
RED DAWN , SHOULD BE MANDATORY VIEWING FOR GRADUATING SENIORS !!!!
LIVE FREE OR DIE !!!
Why were you allowed to watch a PG-13 movie at age 8?
There was no PG 13 rating back then. It was rated just PG
meditech They later changed it to PG-13. Originally it wasn't though.
@@Meditech509 Red Dawn was the very first PG-13 movie ever.
I wish we lived in a world, where the 2012 remake never was made. Red Dawn as a tv series done right, would be awesome. Updated for 2019, but keep a lot of the original movie. Jericho proves it could be popular and done well.
chuck sussman loved Jericho, civil war is coming.
I loved the fact that this movie didn't just take U.S. military equipment and paint a big red star on it! They did an excellent job with the T-72, ZSU-23-4, BTR-60, SA-7 etc. The only equipment flaw I noticed were the blue and yellow RPG-7 rounds
some of the vehicles were stopped in LA getting gas and the REAL CIA HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THEM AND WANTED AN explanation of how they were so accurate
It was so realistic that the Government stopped by asking questions.
John Milias was very adamant about the authenticity of the weaponry even for a Cold War propaganda b movie.
@@robertchandler5055 Myth, never happened.
@@JMark-zk5pj I did in fact happened.
"You think you're tough for eating beans every day? There's half a million scarecrows in Denver who'd give anything for one mouthful of what you got. They've been under siege for about three months. They live on rats and sawdust bread and sometimes... on each other. At night, the pyres for the dead light up the sky. It's medieval."
what are you talking about ?
Raul Christian Bari It's a quote from the movie Red Dawn.
John Milius is one hell of a writer.
@@alansmithee9435 You've directed a few yourself. 😆
Leah Thompson is still hot.
Yup...
Both she and Jennifer Grey are really sexy.
Other actresses rely on getting naked but both Ms Grey and Ms Thompson just exude wit, charm, intelligence, athleticism and sexiness...
I'd love to meet them... (If just to say they were my first crushes :). )
Yep....when I was a teen, I thought Leah Thompson was the hottest female I had ever seen. When I look at those old movies of her...I'm like....uh YEAH.
+TrexsterInNC yeah, as in All the right moves.
Yes, one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood history. Just so gorgeous!!
It's the Minnesotan in her-some damn fine genes.
Powers Boothe (as the major) : "that hate will eat you up kid"
C Thomas Howell: "It keeps me warm"
Lieutenant Colonel, not Major.
@@watchgoose If he was a Kernel the heat would have made him pop.
Southern Comfort
As Lt.Colonel,not major.
The scene with the invaders goosestepping to l'internationale made the French go hysterical, it was so funny to see .
Is it just me or is Powers Boothe...just a badass name?
this was one of my first movies on vhs loved it then and still love it now 1984 wow what a year
Patrick Swayze and Charlie sheen became stars in the years after the release of the film. For Patrick it was dirty dancing, for Charlie it was platoon respectively.
“The chair is against the wall...”
“John has a long mustache”
Nothing but music and the truth until Dawn.
One of my favorite movies as a kid, and still one of my favorite movies as a middle aged man.
I watch this movie at least 3 times a year, as I have it on DVD...it never gets old.
Avenge me ! Avenge me !! Avenge me !!!
then thor did xD
Thank you for that video. It's really something special to be a part of that generation and to grow up with the actors and actresses that made it such a pivotal part of cinema which I absolutely treasure work of art!
Great movie and the fact that hollywood hates it, makes it even better.
I saw this as a Junior in high school. Upon graduation I joined the Army, paratrooper medic. Did that for 4 years then another 4 as a Cav Scout. Moved to the Air Force after that and retired in 2019 (32 years of service). Yes, watching this original in the hight of the Cold War, then putting on a uniform for real about a year later was much more impressive than watching the remake so many years later.
@P.G. Borg I was in the Army at Fort Lewis Washington. 9th Inf Div, 3/47. I was still a medic (91B1P) at that time. We just got back from a rotation in Sinai, Egypt (MFO) and just turned in our "Chocolate Chips" Deserrt BDU's. Not until I renlisted did I change to 19D in 1992. I guess the short answer is no, I wasn't a part of Desert Shield or Desert Storm. Many 19D's I ended up with did, they were from units from the 82nd and 3rd ACR.
Best movie ever.
WOLVERINES!!
One of my favourite movies back then.
RIP Bill Smith
Wonderful film and first time I have seen this video so thank you for putting it on UA-cam.
It would have perfect if Powers Boothe had dropped that grenade into the tank hatch and said, “Well... bye.”
I absolutely love this film. I have driven all the way to southern New Mexico just to visit the filming locations.
My son and I watched Red Dawn a hundred times growing up. He went on to join the US Army, infantry, Ranger School, two tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, but now is man of the cloth as a Major in the Reserves. I think I brainwashed him a little.
Even though the quote has been discredited, Admiral Yamamoto's response to the question about invading America says it all.
" I fear there would be rifle behind every blade of grass.”
20 million Ar 15's and counting.
"Wolverines!!"
This was a great movie---I was 14 when it came out & it was so groundbreaking because there were quite a few 1980's-ish films where kids were major players--but it was hoaky at best. But Red Dawn made the audience believe it could happen and without aliens or magical intervention. These rag-tag kids had only hunting rifles in the beginning (until they killed a guy & got a weapons upgrade) and this is 1 of the only movies where people took gear off fallen enemies. Real guerrilla tactics.
Greatest movie ever made..
One of my favorite all time movies
I love that a lot of the actors have favorite scenes that aren't even in the movie lol
Look for the deleted scenes on UA-cam
@@Cinemaphile7783 Flew right over your head didnt it
R.I.P. Powers Boothe
When I was a kid we used to play with toy guns and I don't think we were any worse for it. I think we've politically corrected ourselves to the point where we brainwashed ourselves into thinking things are dangerous when they really aren't.
If you don't think guns are dangerous, then you need to stick to toy guns.
WTF are you blathering on about? Kids play with toy guns, except for little black kids because their mama doesn't want them murdered by police for playing with it.
Ironically enough I’m 18 right now😂 Greatest movie of all time!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅
I just finished watching this movie a little while ago. I liked it. It's a pretty good movie.
Best movie of the 80s.
I drive on a road called "Red Day Road" all the time. Reminds me of this movie.
"...forced to spoon Charlie Sheen..." LMAO! Absolutely fabulous movie!
I look back fondly at the time when Red Dawn was entertainment instead of a training video.
Harry Dean Stanton was one of the greatest character actors of his generation. Repo Man is a classic.
He played many small roles, but gave a deep impression.
He also did well as the detective in Christine.
Absolutely fantastic. I saw it in the theaters 10 times when it first came out. Now I am about to live it.
This is worth watching every moment! If you lived in this time you would understand why this movie was so Patriotic!
Gotta watch this and ferris buehlers day off back to back
Nice to see Powers Booth,God he rocked this,and Tombstone,and 24,and,I could go on
Also Harry Dean Stanton as Jeb and Matti's Dad. "Avenge me!"
Yep. The director really is Walter Sobchak.
So true
Best movies of ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!
can´t believe that swayze is gonne.R.I.P badass
Ron was THEE *hit.....VERY impressive flow of spanish
RIP Powers Boothe! Legend in Extreme Prejudice and Deadwood
You just can't remake an original like Red Dawn, You just can't!
Oh yeah?
Chris Hemsworth would like a word…..
@@benjaminperez7328 I don't care. You can't remake a classic.
@@benjaminperez7328 And they still didn't do it...right that is.
It's hard to believe that the kids saw this in theater are all in their 50s now. In the same era we had Rambo Rocky and Red Dawn.
7:35 "And look at him now!" Ouch :'(
Not sure when this was made, but Swayze looks like the cancer is already hitting him.
This movie is why no foreign commander w/ any sense would ask his troops, knowing that America has 300 M personally owned arms, would try to invade America .
It's also why America's enemy within (the democrats) want to take our guns away.
Herrpy derrrp derp.
The US is a vast land mass that would be impossible to maintain any kind of control over so long as there was even a semblance of resistance. The same if the US tried to invade Russia or China. ARMED OR NOT. It's not as if every civilian is gonna have a a fuck ton of high capacity explosive ordnance. Christ almighty you lot are so brainwashed.
Like your lard ass would grab your gun and fight the invaders. You'd be out of breath before you made it to the medicine cabinet to grab your diabetes and blood pressure pills.
Rodmunch1973,
Look at how many people joined the U.S. military in the 2-4 years after 9/11.
Now imagine 25,000 foreign troops conquering half of all of the land in Nebraska and Kansas in less than one month.
There would be so many people joining the U.S. military that either one of 2 things would need to happen...........
1) Basic training is shortened to NEEDING ONLY combat and survivalism training (everything else would be done by those that are already serving)...............
2) 50% of all people that would attempt to join would be kicked out by force within 2 weeks. If you can't muster doing "this" and "that" and "some other damn thing" within 7 days then we don't have time to wait for you to come up to speed.
If you don't know how to cook out in the woods we don't need you. If you can't walk 10 miles with a 20 pound pack on your back without stopping for lunch, you aren't good enough. If you're not willing to accept that there are certain aspects of "creature comforts" that you're GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITHOUT, don't even bother applying.
I'm already in my mid 50s and never joined the U.S. military (partly because I was a "crybaby mamas boy" even yesterday, partly because I never wanted to kill anybody that wasn't threatening my existence) but if Red Dawn was to come true in my country I would apply for basic knowing that I'm too old to lead, and too childish to command, but I'm not too old or infeebled to stay in one place waiting for an enemy that might not arrive for more than 3 or 4 days.
@@nakedfaves He's not wrong; Americas death will come from corruption and decadence. The army itself lists its greatest threat as a declining pool of valid warriors. Don't take our word for it:
www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2018/10/10/americas-obesity-is-threatening-national-security-according-to-this-study/
America needs healthcare and nutrition programmes. We're being pumped full of hormones, and denied basic medicine by the elites who want to tap our blood to make sheqels.
And no, this isn't about Jews. The elites of any race will sell us out, look at Obama. Then look at Bush. Then look at Reagan. There are two peoples: the poor and the rich.
Red Dawn 2020 would be fought with cell phones. The enemy would be sent thousands of 🐍 emojis.
TheTruth isn't always what it seems... I hope this film inspires all people to recognize the point the actress made at that end; kids always end up fighting wars. Focus on solutions; solve problems; save lives.
Excellent World War 3 film! First Blood Meets The Day After.
best movie ever.
Saw this at the Downey Theater in 1984.
GODBLESS THE US........................................
22:04 No sweet Lea... it's because RD is flippin EPIC!
It's one of my bluerays that i handle with just that little bit of extra care.
That was a great character (you could see doubt in his eyes throughout the film, it was top notch acting) and that last scene was a great moment in the film.
R.I.P Patrick and Powers
RIP SWAYZE
Dude. It's AMERICA the movie.
The film is pure propaganda and a b movie but there's a lot of good acting and memorable scenes that you wouldn't get if it was made today.
@@Cinemaphile7783 my friends and I LITERALLY live like the kids in red dawn.
AMERICA!!!
F**K YEAH!
Whereas most World War 3 films focus on the Armageddon aspect, this one focuses more on the characters, with Armageddon part kept in the background (the Powers Booth character reveals that there was a nuclear war between Russia and China but unlike other apocolyptic type films, the nuclear conflict aspect of the story is never given any more detail beyond Powers Booth's comment).
RED DAWN awesomeness
IIRC the screenwriter also wrote Jeremiah Johnson.
Nr 1. Movie and a love it 🥰
Red Dawn was the most accurate representation of WW3 ever created.
We watched this in my school when i was in the 5th grade
When you were in 5th grade?
"What's better than Harry Dean Stanton?"
Before landing with Chris Hemsworth and Josh Peck as a character in 2012 movie remake's Red Dawn The Redemption🔥...
I ttly agree that the original is so much better than the remake. I live in the city/area where this picture was filmed and still to this day remember to this day the director and crew creating so many parts/scenes of the movie. Meeting many of the primary cast and crew was a big bonus. Funny how I will remember them much more than they would remember who I was. An experience I will never forget
Viva Las Vegas!
The commentary on this film should simply be Best Fucking Movie Ever!!!!!!
13:00
Snitches get stitches.
-Wolverines
0:21 seconds you can see a movie mistake, there is a wire connected to the rocket on the launcher to the vehicle they blow up.
This movie is full of mistakes. Charlie's hat blows off because the fan off camera was making the smoke look like it's coming from the rocket propelled grenade. 😁
Maybe I was just young (although I'm the same age as C Thomas Howell) but I never saw this movie as a political commentary. To me, it was a great character development story. How each character reacted to this situation was fascinating. Some were weak. Some went psycho. Some just died quietly on a swing set and the world never missed them at all except for a name in paint on a rock somewhere. This wasn't a story (at least to me) of how we got there and capitalism vs communism. This was an eternal story of children turning to adults too soon in the face of war.
It was also a story of how I grew up in Kentucky when we would tell outsiders, "If I were you, I wouldn't try and follow us into those woods over there intent on mischief. Those are our woods, and we know them better than you know your own bathroom at home."
Cheesy as hell, but liberals hated it, and that's good enough for me.
I am a liberal...but I LOVED it and have been a prepper ever since. Liberals love freedom too. Some of us might even kill over it. Is there vegan gluten-free killing?
liberal here. this film was why i joined the marine corps.
Maybe in your head. That's a terrible motivation anyway.
GTA Brought me here
We might just see this in the near future.
I love Lea.
We haven't won a war since this movie........ Wolverines!!!
It's not so far fetched as far as movies go. If you can survive in the wilderness and learn to work as hunters you can fight a guerrilla war. It was even recommended in the book The Prince that if you have no military skills you should take up hunting. Incidentally many native fighters are often hunters to start with.
99% of boys n the 80s played this out over n over again in their imaginations
FUN FACT: Red Dawn was the very first film to be released in the US with PG13 rating.
This is on the Red Dawn Collector's Edition DVD.
Colt Peacemaker for dispatching the bad guy, still!
Ha ha it was nice of John Milius to get all dressed up for this interview
I love the Estevez clan
Patriotism or hard to deal with? It's about being free of tyranny.
still better than the remake. All the players were a perfect fit for their roles. This may have been Sheen's first big role, but he still did a small scene in Ferris Buhlers day off, at the end of the movie, with Jennifer Grey. I hated she died in this film.
The sad thing is the Russians and Chinese might still do this
Roadhouse!