Final Review: Red Dawn
My favorite movie is Red Dawn, directed by John Milius. It stars Charlie Sheen, Patrick Swayze, Lea Thompson and C. Thomas Howell. It is set in the 80's and WWIII breaks out when the Soviets attack a small town in Colorado. I absolutely adore this movie for so many reasons. One, is that it gets you thinking. The survivors of this movie are high school kids and they go into the mountains and live off the land while waiting out the war. They decide to take action and form the "Wolverines" which was originally the name of their high school mascot. They become a force to be reckoned with and fighting vigilantes. It always makes me think about what I would do in their situation or if something similar happened in Alta Loma. This film illustrates the human instinct to survive with what you have. They do this and more in Red Dawn. I think that the acting and cinematography are phenomenal because I believe what's happening, I believe that they are going through WWIII and I believe that they are struggling. This movie means a lot to me and I truly enjoy it every time I watch it.
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I couldn't honestly agree with you more! This movie not only, in my eyes, symbolize the high pressures of the cold war but also clearly gives generations like us a idea of what we would do in that situation. And in that sense John Mulius understood that his movie would be looked upon as a cult classic that had both great acting and camera work that which you had already commented about. Also on a personal note Red Dawn is one of my all-Time favorites also so this comment may be a little bias by either way, the movie is a an overall wonderful film.
ReplyDeleteMaldonado, once again you have good commentary and have shown that you read the review.
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