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Red Dawn
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Red Dawn is a 2012 American war and action film directed by Dan Bradley. The screenplay was written by Carl Ellsworth, John Milius, and Kevin Reynolds. The cast includes Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, and Adrianne Palicki. The film is a remake of the original Red Dawn. Production companies involved were Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, FilmDistrict, and Contrafilm. The story is set in Washington and North Korea.
The film has a runtime of 93 minutes and was rated PG-13. It was released on March 15, 2012, with a budget of $65,000,000. Revenue reached $44,806,783. Distribution was handled by FilmDistrict and Netflix via video on demand. The original language is English. Ramin Djawadi composed the music. The tagline is "Welcome to the home of the brave."
Critical reception included a 15% rating and a score of 31/100. The IMDb rating is 5.3 based on 83,019 votes. The TMDb vote average is 5.7. The film received one win and four nominations. Keywords associated with the work include guerrilla warfare, sibling relationship, fight, invasion, and remake.
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Film · TMDB
5.7A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters.
Cast
- Chris Hemsworth as Jed Eckert
- Josh Peck as Matt Eckert
- Josh Hutcherson as Robert Kitner
- Isabel Lucas as Erica Martin
- Adrianne Palicki as Toni Walsh
- Connor Cruise as Daryl Jenkins
Themes
- guerrilla warfare
- sibling relationship
- fight
- invasion
- remake
- military
- brothers
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Ratings
IMDb
5.3/10
83,019 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
15%
Metacritic
31/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Action, War
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Dan Bradley
- Screenplay by
- Carl Ellsworth Jeremy Passmore
- Based on
- Red Dawn , by Kevin Reynolds , and John Milius
- Produced by
- Beau Flynn Tripp Vinson
- Starring
- Chris Hemsworth Josh Peck Josh Hutcherson Adrianne Palicki Isabel Lucas Connor Cruise Jeffrey Dean Morgan
- Cinematography
- Mitchell Amundsen
- Edited by
- Richard Pearson
- Music by
- Ramin Djawadi
- Production company
- Contrafilm
- Distributed by
- FilmDistrict (United States) , FilmNation Entertainment (International)
- Release dates
- September 27, 2012 ( 2012-09-27 ) (Fantastic Fest) November 21, 2012 ( 2012-11-21 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 93 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $65 million
- Box office
- $51 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Red Dawn
- Director
- Dan Bradley
- Screenwriter
- Kevin Reynolds
- Cast member
- Ho-Sung Pak
- Composer
- Ramin Djawadi
- Production company
- FilmDistrict
- Cinematographer
- Richard Pearson
- Narrative location
- North Korea
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 926345
- Performer
- Ramin Djawadi
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.reddawnfilm.com
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- Commons category
- Red Dawn (2012 film)
- publication date
- 2012-01-01
- title
- Red Dawn
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Richard Pearson
- review score
- 31/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Red Dawn is a 2012 American action war film directed by Dan Bradley and written by Carl Ellsworth and Jeremy Passmore. It is a remake of 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 teenage guerrillas defending 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 September 24, 2010, and 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 the Chinese box office, though the film was still not released in China.
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