RED DAWN

US, 2012, 93 minutes, Colour.
Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Edwin Hodge, Brett Cullen, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Directed by Dan Bradley.


1. The impact of the original in the 1980s? The Red scare? Communism? The update – and the fall of communism and the substitute enemies? North Korea – with the help of the Russians?

2. The city of Spokane, the woods outside the city? The musical score?

3. The 21st century, the credits, Obama and Hillary Clinton, the role of North Korea, Russia, information technology as posing a threat for destruction of society?

4. The ordinariness of Spokane, the football matches, the families?

5. Jed, his background as a marine, his relationship with Matt? His father, the police, the football matches?

6. The rumblings in the city? The invasion, the parachutes, the North Koreans taking over, the cars in the streets, the chaos, the media, people being captured and interned?

7. The young people getting out of the town, the father, his being shot, his concern? At the house? The betrayal? The range of people, Jed, Matt, Robert and his friend, the girls? Their becoming a team? The scenes of training? Their infiltrating the town? Their becoming a guerrilla group?

8. The resistance, Matt and his branching out on his own, Jed’s reaction, his causing deaths? His wanting to rescue Erica, seeing her in the bus, his raid?

9. The picture of the Koreans, the officers, their plans, their cruelty? Anti-American?

10. The arrival of Tanner and his associates, looking for the Wolverines? Their reputation?

11. The various raids, the ammunition, the tricking of the Koreans, the strategies and tactics?

12. The issue of the future, the young people joining the Wolverines? The patriotism?

13. The tone of the pro-American screenplay? The hawkish attitudes? The young men and women who were cautious at first, killing, the raids, changing their attitudes? A film released at the time of the 2012 elections – with the emphasis on Republican sentiments?