Red dawn russian helo

[Ixian 0]

I liked the movie. And I don't think they invaded for our wheat..? I dont remember anything about that.

For those of you that never seen this movie:

Its the Russians allied with Cuban and Nicaraguan forces laying seige on America. In some small ass town elite soviet paratroopers land all over the town. Killing many. Only a few survived. Men who had weapons or where deemed dangerous were sent to Reeducation Camp at the local drive in. The rest were not allowed to leave the town. A group of teenagers somehow escape from the High school without being shot and through town too. They load up on food, guns, ammo etc and take off into the Rockies. They survived for months without coming down. Then the start to fight back guerilla style. In the end only 2 survive. Seems pretty realistic situation. I would have done the same thing. Yes parts of the movie were unrealistic etc. But it was enjoyable to watch.

[Grey Fox 0]

Speaking of bad movies, don't get me started on

Chuck Norris's The Delta Force

*shudders*

I had nothing better to do besides watch TV and for some reason this was the only appealing title. Then I couldn't stop laughing/crying/wanting to kill myself.

[Lazarus_Long 0]

Hey don't start bashing good o'l Chuck Norris now...

Some of you guys just don't seem to appreciate these 80's classics. How very un-American of you.  The sheer cheesiness of these movies is what makes them so great.  No worries about politics and deep messages about life that leaves you questioning your social structure.  Just good old fashioned good guys vs. bad guys without any complications.  It's a great relief from all the artsy-fartsy "cinematic masterpieces" that crowd the movie scene today.

Of course I enjoy the newer ultra realistic movies that are comming out too with their cool special effects, compelling and well thought out plots... However,  there is a time to be serious, and a time to sit back, grab a beer, and let the cheese flow.

[-TU--33ker 0]

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LOL

one beer in one hand, one beer in the other hand...

[Akira 0]

My two cents from IMDb:

* The original trailer that comes on the laserdisc shows a scene with a tank rolling up to a McDonald's restaurant where enemy soldiers are eating. This scene does not appear in the final cut, and may have been removed due to a mass murder at a San Ysidro, CA McDonald's just weeks prior to the film's opening.

* The radio announces: "John has a long mustache", the same message the French resistance gets in Longest Day, The (1962).

* The movie being shown to American prisoners at the Russian camp near Calumet is Aleksandr Nevsky (1938).

* This film was entered into the Guinness Book of Records as having the most acts of violence of any film up to that time.

* The cast underwent a "realistic", intensive 8 week military training course before starting work on Red Dawn.

* The movies replica Russian T-72 tank was such a precise replica that when it was transported to the studio, two CIA agents followed and wanted to know where it had come from.

* The plot for the movie, a Russian invasion from Mexico, etc., was based on CIA and War College studies of US weaknesses at the time.

* Red Dawn was the first motion picture released with the PG-13 rating, which had been created after difficulty rating some movies in 1984, most notably Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) (Flamingo Kid, The (1984) was the first film to be *given* a PG-13 rating, but sat on the shelves for five months before being released).

[drewb99 0]

That helo almost looks like some of the earlier Hinds:

[red oct 2]

the canape (spelling) looks way too weird on that. also looks like it doesn't offer much of a view from inside

[-TU--33ker 0]

i think red dawn is worth a remake.

but this time less cheese and more realistic action please!

to get some real russian equipment isn't a problem now. but the plot of the movie is out of date.

[Akira 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Red Oct @ Dec. 09 2002,17:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">the canape (spelling) looks way too weird on that. also looks like it doesn't offer much of a view from inside<span id='postcolor'>

It's a Hind-A (or replica)...the first production model. It wasn't until the B thats the bubble canopy we all know was introduced.