In an effort to satisfy the modern teens hunger for Cold War Era action/dramas, Hollywood has decided to do a remake of RED DAWN. Not only that, but they’ve already started lining up “talent” in the form of Josh Peck and Adrianne Palicki. I know, I don’t know who they are either; apparently the Peck fella is on a Nickelodeon show or something.
The movie will be directed by Dan Bradley after it is done being rewritten by Tony Gilroy. Mr. Bradley (or as I will call him from now on, Mr. B) was the director of THE BOURNE ULITMATUM and QUANTUM OF SOLACE second units. So don’t expect any tripods to be used in this movie. Is anyone doing and over-under on the length of cuts for this movie? I’m going to put money on under .5 seconds.
The original film starred Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen as kids who fight a guerilla like battle against the Ruskies who invaded the U.S. I honestly don’t see this remake working at all without the Cold War backdrop. Honestly, who are they going to use as the invader this time if it gets modernized? Iranians? They don’t have an army capable of even scratching our asses. Maybe the North Koreans…but again, they don’t have the forces for an invasion. Man I miss the Soviet Union, it was such a great place for evil. You just don’t see the caliber of villain like Ivan Drago anymore.
