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Red Dawn (2012)

The original Red Dawn was the Cold War brainchild of writer director John Milius, who devised a World War III invasion of America by the Soviets and Cubans.The film followed the scrappy insurgency of a group of Midwestern teenagers who take on their high school mascot name Wolverines as a rallying cry of resistance.In Red Dawn, an American city 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 guerilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.