We are from Alabama and we lvoe MAGA, God and America and this film showed the heartland will pound the Cubans BUT also our Russian friends used to be our ebemy but now because of the genius of President trump they are our only allies and friends. so watch enjoy but it is dated history MAGA

If you don't like this movie...then you ain't American and that's all there is to it. In fact, if you don't like this movie, just take your butt on outta here you pinko!

I have seen so many reviews who think the plot is ridiculous and the message is bad. Anyone who thinks it was ridiculous was born after 1990 I guarantee. At the time, it was not far fetched, but most kids today say "who cares about when it was released, it's stupid to me". How naive. Please don't comment on things you know nothing about. This was not far fetched at the time. It was a huge stretch, but not impossible. I don't comment on the plausibility of movies in the 60's, so please do not judge movies that were released before you were born. You don't know me, but trust me, this was not far fetched in 1984. Now I am sure people think we were just idiots if we think this was possible, but again, if you were not alive then, you have no clue what it was like then, so please just shut up. I know most on the left are used to movies that make war out to be horrible, and guess what? So does this one. While it's patriotic, it also shows the enemy as human, and war is fruitless. But it also shows it's OK to love your country. I don't know why so many hate this movie, simply because there is a love of country. Yes it's over the top. But it seems that most movies from Hollywood with war must show how bad America is and how bad war is to be considered "good". Sorry it shows people will fight for America. Unfortunately, this movie seeems to fall into the left hates it and the right loves it. It is so much more than that. Your politics will decide if you like this it seems, but try and get past that, and enjoy this. It is a deep movie with multiple messages. You will want to fight for America after this if it comes to that, but you will also pray for peace. Too bad so many just use their political views to judge this movie, because it has something for both sides and it really is a wonderful movie if you can move past picking apart a few unlikely scenarios. So many who claim to be "enlightened" sure are close minded with this film. And the music is incredible too btw. Best score in a non Star Wars movie in along time. Get past your politics and try and enjoy it.

I'm not a big fan of '80s teen movies here – show me a John Hughes title and I'll probably run a mile (apart from HOME ALONE, which I have a nostalgic soft spot for). So when I heard about RED DAWN, a film about American teenagers fighting back against a Russian invasion, I didn't get my hopes up too much. The film is far too mainstream to offer any really cutting edge kind of thrills, so instead we're left with a bloated mess, full of average action scenes shot with little flourish or flair and plenty of soul-searching dialogue which got on my nerves after a while. I have a feeling that the Chuck Norris B-movie INVASION USA is a lot more entertaining than this flick.However, it's not all bad. It has a great director in John Milius, and he re-teams with CONAN THE BARBARIAN composer Basil Poledouris so there's a decent soundtrack. There's a big budget and action a-plenty involving shoot-outs, tanks and RPGs; some of the good guy deaths are quite moving. The script isn't all I hoped for, but there's an epic, wide-scale sense to the action which isn't half bad. It's mainly the youthful cast I have problems with. The likes of Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, and Charlie Sheen are all here, but they lack the definition that made them successful Hollywood actors in their own right. There are touches of individuality and acting ability but for the most part they seem faceless, just another figure in an ensemble group. The same goes for BACK TO THE FUTURE's Lea Thompson and DIRTY DANCING's Jennifer Grey. It takes some older actors like the excellent Powers Boothe and baddie William Smith to show them how to act.All in all, RED DAWN is a 'big' '80s film but in the end I found it a little bland for my tastes. There's a good downbeat climax, but the pacing issues up to then make it feel like an all-too-simple case of fight-talk-fight-talk ad nauseum. I enjoyed it, but it's not one I'll be watching again.