Red Dawn - Collectors Edition 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray 4K UHD

One of the best movies ever made; inspiring teens and adults from the day it released...a reminder that NOTHING is more powerful than the American spirit, and the idea that freedom is worth any price. Still holds up, and may be even more relevant now than ever. Read more

I am really curious now as to how Amazon picks their review authors. This guy Emerson has a right to his opinion and that is what a review is right? The author's opinion of what he is reviewing, but this is too funny to pass up commenting on. Darn good thing we have that pesky First Amendment, eh Jim? That's the one before the one you hate so much. Before you label me, I'm a registered BLANK and not leaning to far right or left these days. Both sides are so full of whack jobs that I vote the person, not the politics now. There are a lot more of us then you think... Anyway, on to the review of the review! This "featured" review comes zinging out of left field, dumps it's political venom and then flies off with barely the required 20 words about the product... If you remove the bile this is what you get: "Red Dawn is a paranoid cold-war cautionary tale that presents us not with a rosy alternative past, but with an ominous vision of the future." That's about it. That's pretty accurate actually. The rest proceeds to slam Ronald Reagan, the 1980's as a whole, Sylvester Stallone (who isn't even in this), Vietnam vets, being patriotic, being American, the ability of America to defend itself, the 2nd Amendment (a few times), Star Wars (the movie, not the defense system), rural communities, resisting oppression, defending yourself, getting revenge, being masculine, capitalism, Apocalypse Now, sharks, Jaws... and I think he even takes a shot at putting baby in the corner, not sure. All this in a single paragraphical rant about a movie made decades ago that I am guessing he didn't fancy. We all look backwards differently, I get that, but wow... just wow. I think one of Jim's cats pooped in his Cheerios the morning he wrote this. Anyway, I should review this thing before I get panned right? It's a good flick if you can suspend present day belief for a couple hours like you were, let's see, oh yeah... watching a MOVIE! Very dark, very chilling and it is nice to see the stars in early roles as you can see the potential. Every one of them went on to some form of greatness in the industry, however fleeting... and finally, yes I saw this when it came out. I was their age. Still in high school, still 3 years before Reagan made his famous "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech and still 5 years before the Berlin wall actually came down "historically" ending the Cold War. It's all about perspective, Jim. Ordering the BR version to replace the DVD that replaced the VHS tape. Not counting on a massive improvement, but who knows. ;) EDIT Post Viewing: The Blu-Ray is all it should be. Picture and sound both worth the $10. Enjoy! Read more

John Milius' cold war epic 'Red Dawn' has always been a left/right litmus test. Meaning depending on your political viewpoint will determine, more or less, your opinion. Hated by the critics but considered a classic by it's fans, 'Dawn' presupposes a Soviet invasion of the United States. Made in 1983 during the height of the Cold War, the film is uncompromising in it's take on communism as liberty's greatest foe. In the film a bunch of high school kids from a small town in Colorado hold off Soviet and Cuban forces in the heroic fashion of successful resistance movements in history- the WWII French and Polish efforts most notably- and, in the end, the lesson of oppressing occupational forces ultimately failing is held up as an inevitable truism. The cast- a veritable repository of young (at the time) Hollywood turks such as Pat Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Leigh Thompson and C. Thomas Howell are aided by a solid veteran ensemble with memorable turns from Powers Boothe as a USAF pilot shot down by Russians who aids the kids, and Ron O'Neal as the Cuban Colonel Bella who sees the hellish mess they have gotten into and longs to be home with his wife. Vladek Sheybal and William Smith do their best bad guy performances. The direction by Milius (off of Kevin Reynold's script) is inspired; only he could have infused the film with the immediacy and passion it still shows 30 years later. He basically staged WWIII under the noses of the state of Colorado and the US State Dept; importing soviet combat gear and shooting his film first- asking permission later. Guerilla filmmaking about a bunch of guerillas. Seems appropo. It does have a few clunker moments, Milius was never subtle when it came to his politics or imagery. But the film is a classic, and is a very important film as well. The mission to capture Saddam Hussein was called 'Operation Red Dawn', and it was carried out by 'Task Force Wolverine'. Seems big fans of the film in the command structure of the US military felt this important enough to use the name for the biggest Op of the Iraq war. There is no other film quite like this. It is uncompromising in it's vision; the result of a fearless filmmaker. Hope you all enjoy it as much as I did... Read more

Great movie! Get ready America it’s coming! Read more