Just when you think Red Dawn's plot is about as far - fetched as it can get, the movie becomes even more
of an
adolescent boy's
fantasy by turning the six young men and a pair
of new female additions (Lea Thompson, Jennifer Grey) into capable defenders
of America.
It's the «
boy who cried wolf» story with a vampire tossed in, merging a De Palma-esque sleazy, sensational thriller with goopy (but mild) gore, and making an entertaining
adolescent fantasy film for lovers
of the macabre.