Red Dawn (2012 film)
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| Directed by | Dan Bradley |
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Red Dawn by Kevin Reynolds and John Milius |
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| Music by | Ramin Djawadi |
| Cinematography | Mitchell Amundsen |
| Edited by | Richard Pearson |
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| Distributed by | FilmDistrict |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $65 million |
| Box office | $48.1 million |
| Red Dawn: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Ramin Djawadi | ||||
| Released | November 19, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Film score | |||
| Length | 51:18 | |||
| Label | Varèse Sarabande | |||
| Producer | Ramin Djawadi | |||
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Red Dawn is a 2012 American war film directed by Dan Bradley. The screenplay by Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore is based on the 1984 film of the same name. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The film centers on a group of young people who defend their hometown from a North Korean invasion.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced its intention to remake Red Dawn in May 2008 and subsequently hired Bradley and Ellsworth. The principal characters were cast the following year and the film went into production in September 2009 in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Originally scheduled to be released on November 24, 2010, the film was shelved because of MGM's financial troubles. While in post-production, the invading army and antagonists were changed from Chinese to North Korean in order to maintain access to China's box office. FilmDistrict bought the worldwide distribution rights in September 2011 and the film was released in the United States on November 23, 2012.
An introductory montage shows the fallout of the economic crisis in the European Union and a weakened NATO alliance, amid increasing cooperation between an increasingly militant North Korea and ultranationalist-controlled Russia. The increased deployment of U.S. troops abroad leaves the mainland vulnerable.
U.S. Marine Jed Eckert is home on leave in Spokane, Washington. He reunites with his father, Spokane Police Sergeant Tom Eckert and his brother, football player Matt Eckert. The morning after a mysterious power outage, Jed and Matt are shocked to see swarms of invading North Korean paratroopers and transport aircraft. Their father tells them to flee to their cabin in the woods while he helps the townspeople. They are later joined there by Robert Kitner, Daryl Jenkins, and Pete. Tensions build as the teens try to decide whether to surrender to the invaders or resist, with Pete ending up betraying their position. North Korean soldiers, under the command of Captain Cho, bring Sergeant Eckert and the mayor out to convince the group to surrender; while the mayor persuades the boys to give up, Cho executes Sergeant Eckert after he refuses to cooperate and actively encourages them to resist.
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